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“I’m not getting any sound from one of my pads!”: 10 common electronic drum set issues and how to troubleshoot them

Don’t let annoying gremlins spoil your playing. From no sound to too much noise, most problems can be solved with some simple settings or affordable upgrades - here’s how

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Coming like a ghost town: The UK has lost a quarter of its clubs and late night venues since 2020

Towns are becoming “night-time deserts” warns Night Time Industries Association

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“It's the first heavy metal riff ever written – and I wrote it!”: How Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page combined to create a groundbreaking song – and then argued over the writing credit

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

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"Refrain from sarcastically asking 'Do you need my sticks too?', because you already know that the answer is 'Yes’": The 10 people drummers will inevitably encounter when playing a gig

The allies and nemeses you can expect to see at your live shows

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“I was blown away with the distinct Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath sound I was able to get out of them”: Gibson goes back to the beginning, reissuing its first-ever signature pickup, the Tony Iommi humbucker

Is this the power-up your riffing has been waiting for? The Godfather of Heavy Metal's signature pickup makes a comeback

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“We used to play that song faster”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande reveals the secret lessons he gave his Sepultura replacement

The drummer dishes the backstory on his Slipknot switch and what he really thinks of Greyson Nekrutman…

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“It was a difficult moment to be hit in the face and then asked to sing a song. It was a tragic moment for me”: How a singer’s spell in Black Sabbath turned into a nightmare

"I was never a Black Sabbath-type singer", Glenn Hughes says

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“It’s kind of gothic post-punk... it went by the wayside”: Spandau Ballet drop a lost early track for new box set

Everything Is Now 1978 - 1982 covers band’s early New Romantic years

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“Porcaro makes the whole process look effortless and easy. We can bet that this didn't happen by accident, or overnight!”: Exploring the genius of Jeff Porcaro's Rosanna Shuffle

Having a groove named after you is possibly the highest accolade a drummer could ask for, so join us as we dissect the Porcaro Shuffle

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“This book truly conveys what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths”: Mike Joyce’s memoir set to be published in November

The Drums will be a “no-holds barred” autobiography, publisher promises

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"Isn’t recording drums a total nightmare? No, that’s a myth – recording drums is actually surprisingly easy": The simple guide to recording drums: kit tips, mic placement and setting up your DAW

Inject some feel into your tracks by recording a real human drummer (no jokes, please) playing actual drums!

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"We asked ourselves, what if we could rebuild the legendary K2000 V.A.S.T. synthesizer, but using today’s technology?": Kurzweil's K2061 and K2088 synths are now shipping

Kurzweil's K2061 and K2088, a modern update to the classic K2000 synth, are now available to order

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“He’s not a tremendously talented player, so when he plays, it disarms the situation. He’s not a freaky guitar player or drummer... He approaches records like a plumber ”: Bartees Strange on superproducer Jack Antonoff

Antonoff co-produced singer songwriter’s Horror album

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“To those that have said I inspired them to start drumming, the first thing I say is: ‘I apologise to your parents!’”: A rare interview with legendary drummer Neil Peart of Rush

“After 40, 45 years of playing, I wanted to push myself and open up this whole new frontier,” he said

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6 drum processing techniques to help you program state-of-the-art beats

Learn some of the most essential tools and techniques for getting a modern drum sound

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"Grohl's randomised fills and relentless single strokes at the end of the song makes this one of his greatest drum performances on record": Listen to 11 isolated drum tracks from rock's drumming legends

Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Beatles, Slipknot, The Police, and more

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Forwards Festival 2025 review: Orbital and Barry Can’t Swim bring the beats, while Olivia Dean and Jorja Smith do their best to make make fans forget that there’s no Doechii

Nia Archives was drafted in after the US star’s late withdrawal

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“There’s a lot of good music left”: Springsteen releases Born To Run out-take onto streaming platforms

Lonely Night In The Park has been a bootleg for decades

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“Who wants to tell him?”: The busking drummer who unknowingly performed a Chili Peppers song in front of Chad Smith

Busker performs RHCP song in front of an audience of one: Chad Smith

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John Bonham considered him 'a god' and Buddy Rich called him 'the inspiration for every big-name drummer in the business': The story of Gene Krupa, the king of swing

Krupa was "a dazzling blitzkrieg of cymbal and snare drum violence", and one of the most influential drummers ever

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“Much like its predecessor, the 909 was also a commercial flop, and arguably more so than the 808”: How the drum machine grew into a viable alternative to real drummers

There's not much early-80s tech that still influences modern creativity, but the dominance of electronic drum sounds stems right back to 1980, and a bizarre series of unfortunate events…

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“How do people do that? No click, he played through it and ‘bam’”: Prince’s ability to keep time when he was recording drums was remarkable, says his engineer, but it also made things difficult during the editing process

“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”

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"Play eighth notes on the hi-hat, kick on one and three, snare on two and four and you’re playing AC/DC”: 13 easy drum songs every beginner should learn

Stop cramming and start jamming with these must-know easy-drum classics for beginners

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"I wanted to make the greatest rock record that I'd ever heard. I wanted it to sound enormous, to grab you by your throat": How Bruce Springsteen saved his career with Born To Run

The Boss spent six months working on the album's title track

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"We had no idea that what we were doing was groundbreaking or revolutionary": Read our classic interview with Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it"

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