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Chris Vest of Framing Hanley
Hi, my name is Chris Vest, and I play drums in Framing Hanley. Let me start by thanking Modern Drummer for this opportunity. Ever since I was thirteen, I can remember picking up MD and reading about all of my…
Three Doors Down's Greg Upchurch
After stints with Eleven, Chris Cornell, and Puddle Of Mudd, drummer Greg Upchurch has finally found a home. When he took over the drum chair in Three Doors Down in 2005, Upchurch was originally brought in as a hired gun.…
Buckcherry's Xavier Muriel
Story by Billy Amendola “When I practice, I don’t do it to rock ’n’ roll. I’ll put on old Prince, Kool & The Gang, or Michael Jackson records. I think a lot of people forget how incredibly grooving those…
Brian Frasier-Moore: Born to Play
by Robyn Flans “I am not much impressed by drummers these days; I always end up preferring drum loops to live drummers. But when Brian plays, you pay attention.”–Madonna Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Ciara, Janet Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Babyface, Justin Timberlake, Backstreet…
Chapter 10: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 10 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "We were lucky to be at Atlantic Records, and all these guys were jazz guys, and they were all around the studio." http://youtu.be/l4XWTiLEOUQ
Chapter 9: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 9 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "My favorite, 'What is the Reason', to me, it shows the art of holding back and saving the best for last." http://youtu.be/VLSrWxWA6ak
Jarrod Montague of Taproot
Hey, this is Jarrod Montague, drummer for the band Taproot. Thanks for checking out my blog for Modern Drummer–one of the best mags out there! I sometimes wish that I would have gotten a drumkit when I was three, started…
Frank Briggs
Best known for his top-selling instructional book/DVD, The Complete Modern Drum Set, LA-based drummer/educator Frank Briggs exposes his jazz-fusion roots on his first solo recording, China Ranch (frankbriggs.com). Briggs displays fat, loose, and powerful Tony Williams–style technique and tone on…
Chapter 8: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 8 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "There was an R&B side of the Rascals, but there was the Rock side also." http://youtu.be/AzgCTlkgQuA
Chapter 7: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 7 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "A lot of these recordings... I don't think were played exceptionally well, and I played them much better afterwards." http://youtu.be/TNxTYo0wShs
Chapter 6: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 6 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. "Your style of drummin' became that East Coast Style of drumming." http://youtu.be/z6oMzWpXcLs
Drummer Blog: Joshua Dekaney
Grupo Pagán recently recorded an album with producer Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets) in spacious JA Castle studios of Utica, New York. Save the World is fourteen original tracks including music by Haslip and Santana. Special guests feature Eric Marienthal on…
Chapter 5: A Conversation With Dino Danelli & Liberty DeVitto
Part 5 of the video interview with Dino Danelli and Liberty DeVitto. In this segment Liberty talks about Billy Joel. http://youtu.be/Te3Me5w5fd0
Tyler Mahurin of A Static Lullaby
What's up, everyone. So I've been in a few bands before A Static Lullaby. One that you might have heard of, and a bunch you never have. I was in A Thorn For Every Heart before joining ASL, and before…
