Tuning guru and über drum tech nerd, Bob Gatzen teaches about tuning snare drums. I don't necessarily agree with 100% of his techniques, but this guy knows his stuff. He even has an exhaustive tuning DVD. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs]

Bob Gatzen teaches how to tune up the kick. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8Q12mKYxI]

As an added bonus to our DTU subscribers, we're offering the full video presentation of the snare drum makeover from the Drummer Talk podcast episode #162.  Enjoy!

Excellent article from Wired.com on soundproofing an apartment. NEW YORK -- Last year, when my wife and I had to beg permission from our co-op board in Jackson Heights, Queens, to swap our one-bedroom apartment for a two-bedroom unit, only one thing stood between us and our dream of getting our one-year-old son into his own room. Noise. My wife is a professional percussionist. After three years of hearing her play marimba, djembe and conga in our living ...

In the last episode (February 29th, 2008) of Drummer Talk, the guys discussed how to get out of a musical rut. Many good ideas were discussed, but I wanted to challenge you to consider this: how, or in what, do you find inspiration? For myself, I wanted to elaborate on two points that I feel have provided me musical inspiration: using electronics to step away from being just a "drummer", and taking a break ...

Today we're uncovering the truth about tuning. We also discuss news about Thomas Lang's Creative Control book and Ludwig's new Legacy Classic series. Listener, Steve Vorass is the drummer of the week and rudiment of the week is Ian's "Swing (Ride) 5". Show Notes

We try something new today, for the first time we have drummer talk and drummer lunch at the same time. We spend the entire time conversing about Jay Graham's letter about keeping time, playing other people's kit, and increasing hand speed.

This week, part 1 of Drumfola's 2-part series on building custom drums from A to Z(ed!), plus we talk about about featured drummer, Steve Smith. Note: Part II can be found here.