Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Side profile of a person playing a drum kit One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being ...

Five years ago, Michael Cavanagh, long-time percussion expert for psych-rock powerhouse King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, ...

The rhythm section is a very important part of a song, especially in rock music. Though guitars are often the main characters of songs in this genre, a good riff is nothing without a strong musical ...

Mike Love felt The Beach Boys’ “Kokomo” was one of the great songs from his band’s catalog. The uncredited drummer who performed on the song said it had a major flaw. Despite this, the drummer said ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — From hitting the cymbal to becoming a symbol in the fight against lupus, drummer Dion Langley is still hitting the stage. "I wanted to express myself in a different and unique way," ...

The Tool song "Schism" recently brought out a professional funk drummer's impressive improv chops after he heard the prog-rock track for the very first time. On the fly, he does an in-the-pocket drum ...

There’s a great line in John Hiatt’s 1988 song “Slow Turning,” where the protagonist is in his car trying to listen to the radio but suddenly wheels around: “I’m yelling at the kids in the back ...

When Poison drummer Rikki Rockett brings his new group The Rockett Mafia to town, even he isn’t 100% sure about what’s going to be played. “We change our mind every other day, I swear to God. That’s ...

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