Random music news for Saturday, October 11, 2025
Look out below! Elmo’s Starlink satellites keep falling out of the sky. Music news for October 11, 2025, however, is perfectly safe. BONUS: I love a good burger as much as the next
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Instructive! The 13 levels of complexity of drumming
Larnell Lewis is a professor of music at Humber College in Toronto. He’s also a Grammy Award-winning musician. He’s created this look at playing the drums, starting with something very simple and then–well,
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This doc explains why Ringo Starr’s drumming is so different
Ringo Starr is probably responsible for more people taking up the drums than any other drummer in history. Yet for some reason, it’s been fashionable to dis his talent, abilities, and style. That’s
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Behold the fastest drummer in the world. He’s 11.
Drummers love to play fast. But what are the limits of the human body? At the moment, those limits are demonstrated by Pritish A R, an 11-year-old from Australia who set a world
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Attention drummers: These are Dave Grohl’s 12 must-know beats
If you’re a drummer (or just someone who likes when people deconstruct songs), here’s a great video on Dave Grohl‘s essential drum figures.
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If you’re into drums, here’s a book for you
There are many different styles of drumming. But one of the most energetic of all is the kind of rhythms you have to play if you’re in a punk band. There’s a new
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Mascot Drumming is…Well, Weird.
I can’t stop watching this…whatever it is power drumming through its solo. (Via Danny)
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What Does a Drummer’s Brain Look Like? (NOT a Drummer Joke)
Actually, this is serious neuroscience. Andrew directs us to this article at Open Culture entitled “The Neuroscience of Drumming: Researchers Discover the Secrets of Drumming & The Human Brain.” It starts with this
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Play Drums? Can You Play This Drumming Game? It Looks…Impossible.
This drumming game Dragon Force works just like Rock Band or Guitar Hero–except that playing “Through Fire and Flames” it looks a little harder. Props to the dude behind this video.(Via Holy Kaw)
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How Fast Does the Drummer Really Play in Whiplash?
Whiplash is one of my favourite movies of the last couple of years. Yeah, that’s coloured by the fact that I play drums, but even if I didn’t I’d still find the film
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Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz Talks Drumming
Because I’m old (at least that’s why my driver’s license tells me), my ears perk up when I hear the name Talking Heads or anything related to their particular brand of quirkiness. In
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