It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming drums, he knew they were meant for him. Preternaturally ...

GQ has this neat video series, The Breakdown, in which they get real-life professionals to look actors pretending to do their job in movies and then critique the work. So, y’know, they’ll show a ...

It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming drums, he knew they were meant for him. Preternaturally ...

Once upon a time it was hard to walk into an arthouse cinema without bumping into a jazz soundtrack. Miles Davis' for Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud (1958), Charles Mingus' for John ...

Professional drummer (The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies, Thundercat) Thomas Pridgen breaks down drumming scenes from movies, including 'Whiplash,' 'Drumline,' 'Step Brothers,' 'Wayne's World,' 'This ...

Last Saturday, Guitar Center held it's 20th anniversary Drum Off. Local and regional competitions were held in Guitar Centers across the country over the past few months. In the end six undiscovered ...

Virtuosic pianist and Chicagoan native Michael King, began playing drums in his local church band at the early age of 4. This fortuitously melodic schooling nurtured an undeniable affinity to the ...