In an interview with the Guardian, Ferry spoke about its composition and its live premiere on the largest stage of all - Live Aid: “The drummer broke his snare-drum skin, the bass was in a ...

The snare drum consists of two drum skins above and below the drum (aka heads), with a set of springs (snares) which are ...

In the real world, the snare drum is the one placed between the drummer’s legs, with a band of sprung wires stretched across the bottom head to give it its unique crack and sizzle. Add to that some ...

‘Chopstakovich’ is a piece for solo snare drum played over the top of the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 in C minor. Performer and YouTuber Jesse Sieff has composed a ...

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has defended the much-maligned sound of his snare drum on the band’s 2003 album ‘St Anger’. Fans and drummers have consistently criticised the thin, snapping sound ...

In an interview with the Guardian, Ferry spoke about its composition and its live premiere on the largest stage of all - Live Aid: “The drummer broke his snare-drum skin, the bass was in a different ...

Bryan Ferry has a new solo box set out and in the course of its promotion has been talking about the tricky live debut of one of his most successful singles, 1985’s Slave To Love. In an ...