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Mapex Wins Best In Show Award at Summer NAMM
A panel of retail experts gathered during the Best in Show discussion during the Summer NAMM Show this past July 13 and awarded Mapex as a “Company to Watch” for providing trendsetting products and services. “Once again, Mapex is very…
Kenny Aronoff Offers Free Lesson on Functional Practicing
Rock drummer Kenny Aronoff will be teaching a free online lesson on Functional Practicing at Drumeo.com on Friday, August 2, 2013, starting at 1 pm PDT. Kenny Aronoff has performed and recorded with some of the world’s most prominent artists,…
Famed Afro-Caribbean Drummer Steve Berrios Passes
Steve Berrios in 1994, standing at the corner of Broadway and 52nd Street in New York City, where the original Birdland club once stood Modern Drummer is sad to announce that Steve Berrios died this past week at the…
Linear Fills, Part 1 (UPDATED)
September 2010 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic Linear Fills, Part 1 by Mike Johnston In this video, MD columnist Mike Johnston demonstrates some of the linear patterns based on 16th-notes that are included in his article from the September 2010 issue of…
MD Columnist Rick Long
In my last blog entry, I mentioned that I was making efforts to study with a couple of the great drummers while continuing to write freelance for Modern Drummer. I’m living in Kansas City now and am finding the music…
Stubblefield and Starks Webcast at Mycymbal.com
Memphis Drum Shop will host funk-drumming legends Clyde Stubblefield and John “Jabo” Starks in a free live webcast from Mycymbal.com studios on August 7, 2013 at 2 pm CST. Clyde Stubblefield (born April 18, 1943) is a best known for…
The Making of Alicia Keys’ "Girl on Fire" with Indie Studio Drummer Dylan Wissing
In this video, session drummer Dylan Wissing shares the story behind the making of the drum tracks on R&B superstar Alicia Keys’ hit single “Girl on Fire.” Dylan Wissing is a Hoboken, New Jersey–based drummer who operates his own recording…
September 2013 Issue of Modern Drummer Featuring Dino Danelli of the Rascals
(on newsstands August 6, 2013) On the Cover Dino Danelli Once upon a time, the Rascals were the coolest, most innovative American rock ’n’ roll band—and they featured the scene’s coolest, most innovative drummer. Today, forty years after their breakup,…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Samba Coordination Builder (August 2013 Issue)
August 2013 Rock & Jazz Clinic Samba Coordination Builder 12 Independence Exercises Based on Chick Corea’s “Sicily” by Daniel Bedard I remember first hearing Chick Corea’s 1978 recording Friends at my music teacher’s house. This was when my ears got…
Jamie Douglass of Andy Clockwise
I want to talk today about single-kick technique. I hope that my ideas are helpful for drummers in developing a fast and powerful bass drum foot. I play heel-up most of the time, but the term “heel-up” is misleading. In…
Scarlett Stevens of San Cisco
Hi MD. My name is Scarlett Stevens and I’m from Fremantle, Western Australia. I have been playing drums since I was ten years old, but it wasn’t until this year that I made drumming my full-time focus. I started a…
MD Education Team Weighs In On: Tuning (UPDATED)
We asked the members of the MD Education Team to share their thoughts on how they prefer to tune their drums. Here’s what they had to say. Marc Dicciani Tuning is a critical skill that must be learned. Regardless…
KoSA 18th International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp, and Festival
The KoSA International Percussion Workshop Camp and Festival will take place July 23–28 at Castleton State College, nestled in the mountains of Vermont near the resort destination of Killington. The KoSA Workshop is a hands-on intensive percussion camp. Courses of…
Kevan Roy of Red Lamb
Hello, MD readers! My name is Kevan Roy, and I am currently the drummer for Red Lamb with legendary Anthrax guitar player Dan Spitz. We recently did the “Anarchy for Autism” tour. Dan and his wife, Candi, have twin boys…
