Zoom H6 with the other microphone attachments I’ve been recording my gigs and rehearsals for over a decade. I’ve always found it helpful to have an audio or visual record of where I am at any point in time, as well for practice reference too. Sometimes listening back to something is the easiest way to
The Breakbeats kit has actually been around for a little while now. Ludwig says about the kit that, "Breakbeats was designed with the city in mind. Positioned on a riser for optimum reach, its compact 14x16" bass drum, 7x10" tom, and 13x13" floor tom creates a set-up for sculpting grooves in tight spaces." And that
Retro is cool. Looking back at the past and updating classic designs is something that many companies are doing a lot of these days, and not just in the musical instrument industry. However, in the case of drums, does updating an old design making it better? In celebration of its 140th year in 2015, Sonor
International Drum Rudiment Playing Cards When I was given these to review my initial thoughts were a combination of laughter, excitement and "What, seriously?” Yes, this is a deck playing cards featuring 52 drum rudiments. Now at this point those familiar with their rudiments will be thinking "Hang on, there are only 40 official
I know the saying is ‘that great Gretsch sound’ but I think it could also be ‘that great Gretsch vibe’ as well. The Broadkaster line was originally available in the 1950s. This new kit is a revised and modernized version of the classic design which led to the establishment of ‘that great Gretsch sound’. The
The fact that Drum Workshop is venturing a little further into the realm of drum heads shouldn’t really present much of a surprise to anyone who follows the company. It wasn’t to me anyway. Anyone who has been into a drum shop and seen one of the company’s kits will have seen the clear/coated heads
Drummer Wanted – Daniel Mullowney An interesting book from the start, Drummer Wanted contains a huge selection of grooves, charts and styles that are likely to appear in real world situations. The first chapter in the book focuses on what the author refers to as “Home-Base Beats”. These are your go to grooves, which you
Hybrid seems to be a bit of a ‘cool’ word right now and seems to be applied to a lot of things. That said, hybrid drum kits have been around as long as there have been electronic drums, but they just don’t seem to have been called hybrid until more recently. Something else that has
If you'd told me ten years ago that in 2015 I'd be playing calf heads on a snare and loving it, I'd have laughed at you. Lets face it – calf heads; they break easily, sound dead, are terribly erratic depending on the weather and are... well... just SO old school... Well, the me ten
The ride cymbal can be an enigma, albeit a nice one. That’s why the world needs choices. And, the more the merrier in my book. The search for the ‘perfect’ ride cymbal can be ongoing for many and an absolute for others. For me, out of the several dozen or so rides I own, I
