Bespectacled, chubby, skinny, waist-high, tall, spiky-haired, short-haired ... percussionist Murali Krishnan’s students may come in all forms but what they have in common is their love for the drums.

The drum set is not just that noisy contraption that disturbs parents' peace of mind for years at a stretch with barrages of cracks, crashes and ba-booms (and I must admit I was guilty of doing that ...

You don't have to be a folktronica or Tom Waits nut to enjoy non-standard percussion/rhythm tracks – how many times do we really want to hear congas, tambourines, guiros and the terminally hip cajon?

These pro-grade electronic drums provide authentic sound and feel for both acoustic and electronic playing. That includes the cymbals. By Stan Horaczek Updated May 27, 2024 10:00 AM EDT We may earn ...

Every few years, it seems, a composer makes the exciting rediscovery that the traditional array of instruments we encounter at concerts is actually only a small subset of the possibilities for making ...

While you can stay in the box – using Logic, Pro Tools, or Ableton, etc – or you can opt for a standalone drum machine, there is nothing quite like using modular synthesisers to create your percussion ...

Surely no working drummer would seriously entertain the use of drum pants or t-shirts to make the burden of transporting and setting up a kit a little easier, but even conventional acoustic skin ...

The percussion quartet serves as faculty and ensemble-in-residence at the UMKC Conservatory. Playing on wine glasses and an empty bourbon bottle (in addition to a vibraphones and drums), Sandbox ...