Whether you want to sleep through the party or rock out (safely) to your favorite band, these earplugs will help block out the noise.

Strange Pains is the project of Ted Bradley, who plays in Empty Country‘s live band (including on this year’s Live in NYC live album), and Joe D’Agostino from Empty Country/Cymbals Eat Guitars ...

Electronic drums changed drumming by solving noise and space challenges, but headphones can make playing feel isolated. Drum monitors fix that by delivering powerful, authentic sound through speakers ...

CKRD is getting the band back together, as the company behind several controllers for rhythm games has teased a new drum kit for 2026. The reveal trailer was short, but it did show off what looks like ...

Drums present unique recording challenges due to their wide dynamic range, varied frequency content, and physical positioning. Unlike other instruments, a drum kit is a collection of different ...

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If the video player is not working, you can click on this alternative video link. If you are a drummer, you’ll be more than familiar with cymbals. Their unique feel and acoustics are an essential part ...

Ritually important musical practices resounded across Bronze Age cultures from Arabia to South Asia, a pair of unusual discoveries suggest. Excavations at a roughly 4,000-year-old settlement near the ...

THIS MASSACHUSETTS BASED BRAND HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE. AND WITH ITS LATEST INNOVATION, ZILDJIAN IS RIDING INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE A LONG LEGACY IN ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS, PARTICULARLY ...

Seifried’s impromptu cymbal showroom—a small subset of his growing hand-made inventory—has expanded to fill his Mason living room. Steve Seifried doesn’t know how many instruments he owns. The number ...

From symphonies to rock music, marching bands and advertising jingles — we hear Zildjian cymbals everywhere. Drummers across the globe know that name because it’s emblazoned on every gleaming disc.