Tucked away in a perpetually under-construction warehouse in San Luis Obispo, Bang the Drum has spent the past few years carving a niche amid disorder. Against a backdrop of secondhand armchairs and ...

BEAVERTON -- Geoff Barrios was thrust into an adult world as a teenager. His father died unexpectedly because of a massive heart attack. In the aftermath, the 13-year-old would come home from school ...

Conner Nation doesn’t miss a beat when asked how different types of wood change a drum’s sound. “The harder the wood is, the more it resonates,” he says. “Soft woods like pine resonate less.” Nation ...

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