Tapp played percussion in a band before he started producing footwork, which might be why his drums are so pronounced. Rather than crowd his compositions, he gives each hat, snare, and 808 kick ...

With the snare head tightened to a fairly taut tuning (around three-quarters of its range), we got to work trying to find the drum’s range. Now, ‘dead’, heavily muffled sounds aside, a low tuning is a ...

However, if the sound of a cast bronze snare drum is what you’ve been craving, this delivers at a comparatively low price. It’s sensitive, full of character across the tuning range and won’t ...

Meet the 120 students nominated for instrumental performance in genres such as classical music, jazz, pop and mariachi.

For all other Percussion Instruments (Snare Drum, Drum Set, Congas, Bongos, Djembe, etc.), students must prepare a solo piece or two, of their choice. A student must be registered for Percussion ...