Posts by Kevin Zahner

Rhythms like son clave are often introduced to drummers when they see it on a high school jazz chart or when their teacher suggests exploring Latin beats. My introduction was similar, and I never...

Setting up your hi-hat stand is easy if you know how the features work and what could go wrong. What I thought was a straight-forward task as a first time drum set owner turned out to be more...

The cajon’s place in music is both popular and diverse. From the mountains of Peru to the islands of the Caribbean, boxes have been used to substitute other drums for hundreds of years. What’s...

At some point in every drummer’s development, they realize that a bad habit could be getting in the way of improving. To find out what drummers have been up against, I asked the Facebook group Art...

Using a metronome may seem clear by design. It keeps a consistent tempo for players to reference while practicing or performing, like for a recording session or live tracks. But the truth is much...

It’s hard to say if there’s any music more American than the blues. It grew from the same tree as jazz and laid the foundation for country music and rock ’n’ roll. Yet, even though the blues...