Posts by Kevin Zahner

Drummers play time. They establish style and maintain the groove with other rhythm section instruments, like bass and guitar. It’s not often that drummers get to shine as individual players, so I...

After defining your tones, slaps, and other sounds, playing congas is about the conga patterns. Some of the rhythms and conversations are traditional, while others are modern and improvised. So the...

The “money beat” is the first groove most drummers learn to play on the drum set. It’s simplicity and strong backbeat accents have been used to get people to dance more than almost any other...

Learning to play drums on your own is not impossible. It’s actually very easy to do with all of the free resources online. The hardest part is organizing your priorities, which is one of the many...

“Don’t you have some bongos?” I used to hear that all the time when a full drum set was too much for the situation. This question annoyed me when I was younger, but eventually I became curious...

Practicing is playing, and playing is fun. It’s why we work so hard to get better as drummers and musicians. But what does it take to practice drums? What material items do you need to have a...