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“The VQD could well unlock drumming for people who otherwise can’t possibly play a kit at home”: Roland VQD106 review
If noise annoys those around you when you’re drumming, this ultra-quiet electronic set has the solutions - plus, watch our volume comparison video with a standard e-kit
NAMM 2025: Latest news, rumours and updates
LA wildfires threatened the world’s biggest musical instrument expo, but it looks like it's got the go ahead. Here’s what we know so far
Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer
“He would say ‘OK, that’s so close, cut it one more time,’ and I wouldn’t do it because I physically couldn’t cut a 16th of an inch without chowdering the tape”
“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Best of 2024: The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991
John Bonham considered him "a god": the story of Gene Krupa, the king of swing
Best of 2024: Drum Heroes: Krupa was "a dazzling blitzkrieg of cymbal and snare drum violence", and one of the most influential drummers ever
"David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan": The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy
A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide
"Peter Gabriel said, as soon as he saw me sit down on a drum stool, he knew that I was the drummer"
Phil Collins: Drummer First reveals the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…
DW Soundworks library gets even bigger with the new DW Collector’s Pure Cherry Shell Expansion Pack
Get the famous sound of Drum Workshop’s drums in your DAW via their DW Soundworks plugin
