Sadly, the good people at TRAPS Magazine have decided to cease production of the magazine. The parent publication, DRUM!, will continue, but it looks like the TRAPS experiment can't weather a tough economy. This is a shame. TRAPS was a fine publication that really set the bar for in-depth drumming/music journalism. We've given TRAPS the love on the show before and we will miss them. Source: Drummercafe.com TRAPS Magazine Suspends Publication And Will Merge Subscribers With DRUM! Enter Music ...

Sometimes it can be difficult to picture our drumming heros playing outside of their "comfort zone," so to speak, so it's refreshing when they step out of themselves and let loose a bit.  We're so used to Jojo Mayer being eternally precise and accurate, but in this video he's slappin' them skins Bonham style! NOTE: Please watch this for the drumming only because, dear Lord, the vocalist is awful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8YyFsGMQs

Finally! Someone has published books with drum transcriptions of big name bands and not made it dull and professorial! Alfred's released two new song books cataloging the drum transcriptions of two rock heavyweights, Led Zeppelin and Rush. I'm interested to see how they've notated "Black Dog" for the breaks and "When The Levee Breaks" to see if they incoprorated the delay on the bass drum. When/if you play that particular groove, do you add in ...

source: MusicRadarTV Ever seen a cymbal shaped like a samurai helmet? Or a shield? Or a hand? MusicRadar hadn't - until we met British cymbal-maker Matt Nolan at Musikmesse 2009. Nolan gave us a quick interview about the methods behind his cymbalsmithery, and even played them for us, too. As Rhyhtm magazine's Chris Barnes says: "They sound absolutely nuts". But in a good way... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rGVs6xuYc0[/youtube]

The fellas over at Drum! Magazine have posted a the Bozzio article from their recent Traps issue as a fre PDF download.  What are you doing still reading this?  Go get it now!

Jason Bonham — son of original Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham — has said he, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones are working on new material. Source: MTV.ca Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he's been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they've been "trying to do some new material and writing." It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced ...

This week we talk about working with live sound guys .. gals .. humans.  Sound people.  John Bonham is the drummer of the week, the Inverted Flam Tap is the rudiment of the week, and we review the Lenny White signature stick by Vic Firth.  Show Notes

Drum! Digital has posted the free, digital version of its May 2008 issue.  This issue features R.E.M. drummer, Bill Rieflin, as well as a drum teachers roundtable.  Good stuff .. and it's FREE!

Man, Drum! just loves giving it away!  They've just offered a free PDF download of the excellent Lenny White article from the Summer 08 issue of Traps. For fusion fans, the prospect of Return To Forever getting back together again after all these years (the group dis-banded in 1976) is akin to a Beatles reunion, and for the past few decades seemed about as unlikely. Corea was the lone holdout in recent years. While Clarke, Di ...

Vanderbilt University has a cool student article on the importance of drummers in rock history. Includes takes on John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, and Keith Moon. Imagine listening to a band live and what you remember hearing. Was it the shredding of your favorite electric guitarist? Was it the serene vocals of an idol of yours, American or otherwise? Maybe one of these was your answer. However, more people might admit that it was ...