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Drumerica Announces 2014 Contest Winners!
Drumerica congratulates the winners of the 2014 Drumerica National Competition for Young Drummers. 1st Place: David Cola 2nd Place: Jarod Deshong 3rd Place: Juleius Sanders Visit www.drumerica.us to view the winning videos, as well as the other entries from some…
Chicago Custom Percussion Offers a “Package Deal??? Through Guitar Center
Chicago Custom Percussion (CCP) is now offering a package deal for a four-piece drumkit consisting of maple or birch shells with a satin stain finish through Guitar Center. The package also offers a number of limited options to allow drummers…
Casting Call For 90s/Early 2000s Rock Bands
Calling all rock, classic rock, pop rock, and hard rock bands (no hair metal) that played in the 90s or early 2000s in the Los Angeles area. Were you part of a high school or college band in the 90s or…
The Sessions Event At McNally Smith College of Music
The Sessions is a powerful and interactive presentation where artists sharpen their music business skills in pursuit of excellence in their careers. Your path to success for marketing, networking, artist relations, self-promotion and entertainment law. The special guest panelists for this session…
Win The Midnight Special 11-DVD Collector’s Edition Set!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KOt1K6W9w Singer Eddie Money said it best when he stated, “The Midnight Special will go down in history as one of the greatest R&R shows that ever was!” The Midnight Special’s electric lineup reflected the show’s commitment not only to…
Midnight Special DVDs Now Available!
The idea for The Midnight Special, which ran on NBC from 1972 to 1981, came to creator Burt Sugarman after realizing the need for late-night programming after the airing of The Tonight Show each evening. The Midnight Special’s lineup reflected…
Little Kids Rock to Honor Joan Jett on October 23
Mark your calendars to help build a world where all kids can live rich, purposeful lives through music at Little Kids Rock’s 6th Annual Benefit in NYC on Thursday, October 23. Presented by Guitar Center, the event will honor…
19th Annual KoSA Camp Delivers Clear and Straightforward Sentiment: “I Just Wanna Drum!???
The 19th KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp, and Festival celebrated its annual week of intensive learning, living, and playing with internationally celebrated drum and percussion masters this past July in the serene mountains of Vermont. KoSA co-founders and directors…
Hena Habegger of Gotthard
Hi, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Hena Habegger, and I’ve been the drummer of the Swiss hard rock band Gotthard for twenty-three years. After fifteen number-one albums in Switzerland, lots of chart successes, and releases in Europe, Russia,…
Alesis Pro X Hi-Hat Provides More Realistic Playability
Alesis recently released the Pro X hihat, a patented dualcymbal hihat controller with true open, half-open, closed, “chick,” and splash triggering capability. Designed to offer authentic hi-hat playability and unprecedented trigger response with Alesis’s DM10, DM8, and DM Dock, Pro…
Sabian Clinics for September, October, November 2014
2014 September Sept 6th Rich Redmond 2112 Percussion, Raleigh, NC Steve 919.833.0046 Sept 13th Brian West HEB Drumline, Hurst, TX Ben 817.683.0179 Sept 15th Will Calhoun Wizdom Shed, Clinton, NY Scott 315.794.5337 Sept 17th T. Adam Blackstock Thompson High School, Alabaster, AL Sean Sept…
Chris Copeland of Cosmic Wolf
Hi, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Chris Copeland and no, I am not related to Stewart Copeland, as much as I wish I were! I play drums for the wonderfully talented fiddle player Ruby Jane, and I have a…
VIDEO! Aaron Comess and the Spin Doctors Live in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFK1e-N994 On November 23, 2013, Modern Drummer hosted a special evening with the Spin Doctors and drummer Aaron Comess at the Cutting Room in New York City. The night began with NYC radio personality Maria Milito of Q104.3 introducing a…
Afrobeat Master Tony Allen on Tour in the United States
Drummer Tony Allen, who anchored Fela Kuti’s legendary band Africa ’70 and was voted by Modern Drummer readers number forty-nine on MD’s list of the 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time, is currently in the States on a brief…
