A veteran of Miami’s music and art scenes, Cuban-born Beatriz Monteavaro has played in punk, hardcore, and sludge bands since she was a teenager. Her visual work embraces the macabre, featuring disembodied heads, menacing monsters, and congealed goo. Last year she published Quiet Village, a book of dark illustrations with an accompanying soundtrack provided by [...]

Illustration of Heather Hall by Adam Oelsner Heather Hall plays drums and makes art in Olympia, WA. She currently drums in noise/psych/hardcore group White Boss and in the noise and performance duo Part Dog. She has collaborated with Danny Sasaki (Jackie-o-motherfucker, Sedan) on pieces for cymbal ensemble, and with performance artist Bridget Irish. She also has [...]

There are a few instruments in a percussionists’ arsenal that have multiple pitches. The most common are the keys. The marimba is a pitched instrument with wooden bars. The bars (same with concert bells, xylophones, vibraphones, etc.) are exactly like piano keys. The lower level would be the white keys, and the higher level [...]

If you have not yet picked up your copy of Tom Tom Magazine Issue 2 … do it now! Here is a sneak peak into one of the photo/fashion shoots taken for the mag. The concept was Jennifer Beals of Flashdance sweating away. A video of the shoot by drummer/model LaFrae Sci: Photography by: Meg Wachter Fashion by: [...]

I play a lot of Brazilian music so I use the “bass” drum which is called a tan tam on my lap and play the shell with brushes…(Left hand plays the bass drum) and then I use a snare, ride and hats to balance it out. I use bongo as toms and of course my [...]