January 2025 – Volume 49 • Number 01
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Articles in January 2025
The History, Evolution, and Continuum of Important Drumming
After I talked to the three punk rock drummers for this month’s Punk Rock Drumming Roundtable, I was amazed at how great drummers know their drumming history. A while back I interviewed drummer Gene Hoglan and he gave me a…
Jeff Kozol's UltramarineMapex Armory Set
This month’s Modern Drummer Kit of the Month comes to us from Jeff Kozol. His drums are made by Mapex, his cymbals are Zildjian, his sticks are Immortal Signature 5B/Ball Tip/17” with Venom Grip made by Scorpion, and he uses…
Brush Playing, Not Air Conditioning
Getting Started Brushes are generally associated with jazz drumming more than they are with other styles of music, but they can be played and used effectively in most any genre or category of rhythm section-based music. While the following column…
NEW PRODUCTS FROM PDP, DRUM WORKSHOP, SONICCOUTURE, AND SABIAN
New PDP MainStage Complete Drum Kit Pacific Drums and Percussion (PDP) is pleased to introduce the new PDP MainStage Complete Drum Kit. The MainStage is a five-piece drum kit with a three pack of Paiste 101 cymbals and a PDP complete…
ddrum DDTi Trigger Interface
Originally heralded for their innovative drum triggers back in the 1980s, ddrum has since evolved into a widely respected name in both acoustic and electronic percussion. The ddrum DDTi trigger interface is a testament to the brand’s efforts to bridge…
Baldman Percussion Presents: The Junk Hat 2.0!
New Junk for Sound Junkies! Mike McKee and his partner in comedy (or rather, drumming!), Danny Young, are two bald headed working drummers and percussion builders based in Nashville, TN. They call themselves Baldman Percussion. Through trial and error, these…
Eloy Casagrande: From São Paulo to Slipknot
The Journey of a Drumming Phenomenon Stepping off the plane in Amsterdam, I could feel the excitement building. I was about to meet Eloy Casagrande the drumming powerhouse recently announced as Slipknot’s newest member. Known for his relentless precision, jaw-dropping…
Punk Rock Drumming Roundtable: NOFX’s Erik Sandin, Bad Religion’s Jamie Miller, and Authority Zero’s Chris Dalley
Punk Rock drumming has become an established drumming tradition, and it has deep roots that go way back. The opportunity to sit down with three of today’s most respected and popular punk rock drummers, was an opportunity that Modern Drummer…
The Gumbo Groove Herlin Riley: Playin’ the Street He’s On!
A few months ago, Modern Drummer started a series of feature interviews called the Gumbo Groove with Mark Griffith’s interview with Johnny Vidacovich. For this next part in the series, we feature a conversation between drummer and Professor of Percussion…
Don Grolnick's "Nothing Personal," from Michael Brecker S/T, Jack DeJohnette drums.
The first transcription of 2025 highlights the legendary Jack DeJohnette, taken from Michael Brecker’s debut solo album. The track, “Nothing Personal,” exemplifies DeJohnette’s status as one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. Jack’s drumming is both innovative and…
Master Studies II: Warm-Up Exercises
As a follow-up to Joe Morello’s legendary Master Studies book, he released Master Studies II in 2006. Joe was a masterful teacher and helped many great drummers with their musicality, technique, and touch. He was also masterful at creating exercises,…
Have Fun Not Knowing…
Not knowing something hurts. Who actually wants to sound bad on the drums? When our identity gets wrapped up in our endeavours, missing the mark makes us feel worthless. This is because when going into new territory, we go through…
Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming: Seven Note Linear Cross Rhythms
In the new and revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming, Bobby Rondinelli includes nine new double bass drumming chapters. The new and expanded edition covers contemporary techniques such as bass drum double strokes, feet-only exercises, binary and…
Vocabulary Development Essentials Part 5 -Putting it All Together!
Welcome to the final installment of our “Vocabulary Development Essentials” series, where we’ve explored adding embellishments to hand and foot combinations to expand your rhythmic language. In this part, we focus on integrating all the embellishments you’ve learned into a…
Duet 18
Ron Spagnardi wrote a terrific book called Snare Drum Duets: 25 Duets for Two Snare Drummers. It offers a selection of 25 challenging duets that range in difficulty from relatively simple to more complex. A wide assortment of time signatures…
The Rikki Rockett Poison Drum Collection
Rikki Rockett co-founded Poison in 1983 with his longtime pal Bret Michaels. The band slugged it out for years in their hometown of Mechanicsburg, PA before heading to west to CA. Their debut 1986 album Look What the Cat Dragged…
Out Now January 2025
Modern Drummer is spotlighting new recordings that have the drums at the center of their sound. These recordings might be drummer-led, or just include high-quality, special, or unique drumming and musical performances from the drummer and/or musicians in the band. This…
Hand-Picked Vinyl January 2025
As the music world continues to see a resurgence in Vinyl (LP’s,) Vinyl Me Please (VMP) is curating and producing some of the best vinyl remasters and pressings around. They are scouring the history of recorded music for forgotten gems…
Josh Manuel's Kane Brown Touring Set
DRUMS: Sonor SQ1 Birch: 20x22 Kick, 7.5x10 Rack Tom, 8x12 Rack Tom, 16x16 Floor TomSNARE DRUMS: 6.5x14 Honest Abe Brass Snare, 7x14 SJC Josh Manuel Signature Copper Snare, 6.5x14 Ludwig Black Beauty Snare.HEADS: Evans Drumheads. Kick (Batter) EMAD2 Clear, Rack…
