Drums week 2025
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By The MusicRadar Team Published
Inject some feel into your tracks by recording a real human drummer (no jokes, please) playing actual drums!

By Roland Schmidt Published
If you find that your MIDI recreations of acoustic drum parts are sounding a little robotic, we've got some tips and tricks to bring them to life, along with some great suggestions for acoustic drum plugin suites.

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

By James Russell Published
Learn some of the most essential tools and techniques for getting a modern drum sound

By Stuart Williams Published
Led Zeppelin, Rush, The Beatles, Slipknot, The Police, and more

By Will Simpson Published
Busker performs RHCP song in front of an audience of one: Chad Smith

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

By Roland Schmidt Published
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…

By Ben Rogerson Published
“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”

By Stuart Williams Published
Stop cramming and start jamming with these must-know easy-drum classics for beginners

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

By Andy Price Published
It’s one of the best drum recordings in history, but the resulting sound was just as much a feat of engineering as it way playing

By Paul Elliott Published
And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

By Joe Bosso, Will Groves Published
"You've got to listen to what the greats have done," the Blondie 'heartbeat', who passed away this year told us

By Tom Bradley Published
Zultan delivers another extremely versatile cymbal range for a wallet-friendly price

By Daniel Griffiths Published
Because delivering drums for one of rock’s hottest acts requires the breaking of more than a few rules

By Jon Musgrave Published
Welcome to MusicRadar’s Drums Week! To kick things off, we’re spotlighting some of the most consequential sticksmen of all time
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