Ever since the early days of jazz and rock’n’roll, the musical connection between drums and bass has been core. Tastes, styles and interpretations come and go, but finding the perfect bass sound, that ...

Today is August 8, and you know what that means: it's the music tech world's annual excuse to sing the praises of history's most iconic drum machine. This year, the legendary Roland TR-808 turns 45, ...

When I contacted Dream Theater’s press folks for a Rigged interview with new drummer Mike Mangini about his new kit, I didn’t realize I’d end up publishing a book. But that’s the kind of dude Mangini ...

Liquid has to be one of the most enduring and versatile staple sounds of the drum’n’bass menu. It comes in many forms and flavours, is home to many interesting and multi-skilled musicians and ...

Throughout Led Zeppelin, John Bonham played large sized drums and, bucking the '70s trend, always double-headed with wide open tuning. Unremarkable now, but almost everyone played single-headed toms ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...

Liquid has to be one of the most enduring and versatile staple sounds of the drum’n’bass menu. It comes in many forms and flavours, is home to many interesting and multi-skilled musicians and ...