One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being able to play with other musicians, or even simply jamming with recordings of your favourite songs. Listening to ...

"I put way more emphasis on a drummer's personality than technique." It's a surprising statement, coming from Mike Portnoy, one of the most admired drummers in heavy music for the past three decades.

This was the first time I ever heard timbales used as a main part of a drum part and not just as fills. It’s a constant rolling of timbales all the way through. It’s relentless drumming. The way the ...

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