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Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.

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Drum Soloist - Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich Paul's Tune

by Chuck Kerrigan
May 10, 2017

Jazz Drummer's Workshop - The Music of the Drums - Part 3

This article will cover two related ideas: How to make the study of drum method books musically more useful, and some technical exercises that can he used to aid this development.

Barry Altschul
May 10, 2017

Rock Perspectives - Modular Rock

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Modern Drummer
May 10, 2017

Barry Keane: Canadian Studio Kingpin

Barry Keane is one of the most in-demand studio drummers in Canada. He has recorded numerous commercials, jingles, TV and Film scores; but most people know him from his work with Gordon Lightfoot and Anne Murray.

by Scott K. Fish
May 10, 2017

James Bradley, Jr.: Feels So Good

My mother and father were performing at a press party for Muhammed Ali about 1962. My father had been telling his friends that his four-year-old son could play the drums. I guess a lot of people didn't believe him, so my mother and father took a break, and they just let me loose, and I started playing.

Story and photos Scott K Fish
May 10, 2017
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Harvey Mason

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by Robyn Flans
Apr 24, 2017

Bassists on Drummers

No matter what style rhythm section a drummer plays in, it is essential that he or she lock in with the bassist.

by Scott K. Fish
Apr 24, 2017

Eddie Marshall: Covering the Jazz Spectrum

No doubt it's somewhat of an exaggeration to claim that Eddie Marshall has played with all of the major jazz figures of the past two decades.

by Frank Kofsky
Apr 24, 2017

Tony Smith

Tony Smith didn't own a set of drums until he was twenty. But then, he quickly made up for lost time, and eventually made his reputation with Jan Hammer and John McLaughlin.

Story by Michael Rozek | Photos by Rick Mattingly
Apr 24, 2017

Rock Perspectives - A Practical Application of Swiss Army Triplets

The Swiss Army triplet was shown to me several years ago by Keith Knudsen of The Doobie Brothers.

by David Garibaldi
Apr 24, 2017

Concepts - Rudiments: For or Against?

Talking to drummers about the rudiments is much like talking to the average person about politics.

by Roy Burns
Apr 24, 2017

Portraits - Carmine Appice

The first time I met Carmine Appice was back in 1978 at a drum clinic on Long Island. That was the day we taped the interview that appeared in the April 1978 issue of Modern Drummer.

by Scott K. Fish
Apr 12, 2017
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Concepts - The World's Greatest Drummer—And Other Hang-Ups

I've been asked many times, while presenting clinics,

by Roy Burns
Apr 12, 2017

Driver's Seat - Hints On Playing With Big Bands

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by Charlie Persip
Apr 12, 2017
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