🥁 Drum Spotlight
Salin's solo on her original track "Painted Lady" reaching 3+ million views
Thai drummer Salin's solo on her original track "Painted Lady" blends breakbeat energy with jazz-funk feel, and the clip has quietly racked up over 3 million views. Played on Ludwig with Istanbul Agop cymbals, it's a masterclass in dynamic control — loose and conversational one moment, locked-in and driving the next.
Porter Bliquez | Factory Session Solo
Porter Bliquez visited the Vic Firth factory in Maine to watch his HD4 sticks get made, then immediately put a fresh pair to work in this compact solo. It's a satisfying full-circle moment — raw wood to rim shots in one trip.
📰 Drum News
Anika Nilles’ First Live Performance with RUSH! ⚡️
Anika Nilles made her live debut with RUSH! just yesterday, and Drumeo captured the full 176-second performance in a clip already drawing strong early engagement. Known for her fusion-forward precision, Nilles stepping into the RUSH! catalog live is the kind of crossover moment worth watching before the conversation moves on.
🎓 Practice & Skills
Tuning. It ain't rocket surgery. (Reddit post)
Drum tuning has no secret handshake — just a key, two ears, and the willingness to repeat the process until it clicks, exactly like learning any other technique. ItsPronouncedMo-BEEL's no-nonsense guide walks through tensioning in a star pattern, finding each drum's natural sweet spot, and matching lug pitches by ear, while firmly putting to rest the myth that your toms need to hit a specific note.
Must Learn 5 Note Sticking For Drummers!
Shaquille Noel breaks down a five-note sticking pattern that can open up new phrasing options around the kit, with a PDF available to reinforce the lesson away from the screen. If you've been leaning on the same rudiment vocabulary, this is a focused way to add an odd-grouping tool to your practice routine. Check out his Drum Samples here.
🛒 Gear Pick
ProMark Spring Sale! Classic Forward 5A FireGrain Drumsticks, Lacquer Finished Drum Sticks
ProMark's FireGrain 5A hickory sticks are currently 16% off on Amazon as part of the Big Spring Sale. The heat-tempered hickory construction is designed to outlast standard sticks without altering weight or balance. Worth grabbing a spare pair while the deal holds.
🌎 Drum Community
This Song Is Every Drummer’s Nightmare… I Found Out Why
Drumeo's Brandon Toews gets a taste of his own medicine, handed a brutally complex arrangement of "A Night in Tunisia" — loaded with odd time signatures, stylistic shifts, and sudden tempo changes — and given just four hours to learn it. Whether he pulls it off or crumbles is the whole point, and the setup taps into something every drummer knows: the particular dread of being thrown into the deep end on someone else's chart.