DRUMS WEEK 2025: One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being able to play with other musicians, or even simply jamming with recordings of your favourite ...
How to program MIDI drums that sound like the real thing How to think like a human drummer when building software beats Where to start with a drum kit If we bring this up-to-date and place it within ...
The beat goes on and on in Buffalo, thanks to professional drummers like Joe Goretti, who has played with the likes of Moby, Ne-Yo, Robyn, AJR, Ingrid Michaelson, Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), and The ...
Marcos Odara has been playing the conga drums for 39 years and teaching for the last 20. Odara hails from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and now calls Oakland home. The drum master teaches Brazilian ...
LAKELAND | When you walk down the halls of Oscar J. Pope Elementary and hear thumping, you know you're getting close to the Bucket Drum Club. Peek through the window of music teacher Nicole Windle's ...
If you’re a musician looking to add drum beats or loops via a pedal, a Finnish company called Kovaluu has unveiled a cheap solution. Its app for iOS and Android, called Beats and Loops, transforms ...
Strike head of drum with palm of hand. Repeat. Yes, it's that simple. "Everyone has an inner rhythm," says Larry J. Gatti, a longtime drummer. "Your heart beats in rhythm -- it better!" But the simple ...
Drum breaks: Those small patches of space within a song where the singer shuts up, the guitarist backs off, the bass rumbles down, and the percussionist is given a moment or two to shine. Before the ...
About 10 years ago, a disgruntled pianist in Los Angeles named John Wood began a popular bumper sticker campaign with the slogan, "Drum Machines Have No Soul." Not everyone was convinced, including ...