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Neil Peart transcriptions | 10 Rush drum parts
Francesco Vecchio has collected 10 Rush drum parts from 1975 to 1984 into one book — Fly By Night to Distant Early Warning, and no AI anywhere near it.
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Roland's New York store | Only US DW showroom
Roland's first standalone US shop opens in Manhattan this October, with the only dedicated DW showroom in America and a TR-808 exhibit at the door.
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Jonathan Moffett's Immortal kit | $108,000
Jonathan 'Sugarfoot' Moffett is selling the 13-piece DW kit he played on Michael Jackson's Immortal tour, every shell hand-signed. The price: $108,000.
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Neil Peart scholarship | Celeste Fox wins
Modern Drummer, UMe and the Peart family have named Celeste Fox the 2026 Spirit of Drumming scholar. This year's prize adds Rush tour tickets.
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Primus | Why Claypool picked John Hoffman
Over 6,100 drummers auditioned for Primus. Les Claypool has explained why the gig went to John Hoffman — and it was not about chops.
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Raymond Herrera | Back on drums after 16 years
Raymond Herrera has tracked drums for the first time in 16 years — for Christian Olde Wolbers' Angst Fabrik. Dino Cazares replied within 48 hours.
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Gary Husband | Back on the road after surgery
Gary Husband has come through five hours of spine surgery to free trapped nerves in his right arm — and his Orbital Band tours Europe this autumn.
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Drum-Off is back | Jonathan Fortson wins 2026
Guitar Center's Drum-Off returned after 10 years, and Jonathan Fortson — an Alabama church drummer beaten at districts as a teenager — took the title.
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iNDe BR5 Tom Holder | No drilling needed
iNDe Drum Lab's BR5 hangs a tom off your bass drum using two existing lug holes. It takes single and double-ended lugs, at 1in to 3in spacing.
Alesis
Alesis Nitro Max review | The best first electronic kit?
The cheapest all-mesh electronic kit worth owning: what is in the box, what the module can do, how the pads feel, where it falls short, and who should buy it instead of spending twice as much on a Roland.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 7: Accents, ghost notes and dynamics
Loud and quiet on purpose: the backbeat that cracks, ghost notes that whisper between it, accents on the hi-hat, and the stick heights that make all three possible.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 6: Your first fills
A fill is beat four with something in it: four sixteenths on the snare, then around the toms, then a whole bar, and landing the crash on one — with the beat and the fill written out together.