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“Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover”

In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at some ways to incorporate Ralph MacDonald’s tambourine part into that same groove.

by Dylan Wissing
Oct 29, 2019

The Offspring's Pete Parada

Offspring's drummer Pete Parada relocated with his family to Nashville in 2011 from Chico, a small college town in northern California.

Story and photos by Sayre Berman
Oct 29, 2019

Security Project's Jerry Marotta The Rhythm and the Heat

Recreating the sounds and grooves he conceived with Peter Gabriel — and reminding us just how shockingly satisfying they were.

Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Paul La Raia
Oct 29, 2019

Samba Rhythms

Sing these individual 16th-note partials while maintaining the tamborim rhythm with your lead hand.

by Kiko Freitas
Oct 29, 2019

A New Perspective on Polyrhythms, Part 2

The easiest way to create a five-over-two polyrhythm is to play quintuplet single strokes across two different surfaces.

by Aaron Edgar
Oct 29, 2019
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Oct 29, 2019

Tool's Danny Carey - We are Back!

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Story by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photos by Travis Shinn
Oct 29, 2019

Memphis Drum Shop, Memphis, Tennessee

Gongs are another area where Memphis Drum Shop stands out, with the by-appointment-only Memphis Gong Chamber and My Gong video series.

Modern Drummer
Oct 29, 2019

New Releases from Jonathan Blake, Matt Slocum, Barrett Martin Group, and More!

Johnathan Blake continues to demonstrate his abilities as an exciting, creative drummer on his third album as a leader.

Modern Drummer
Oct 29, 2019

Sympathy for the Drummer

The book tries to clarify the ineffable: what is the essence of Charlie Watts?

by John Colpitts
Oct 29, 2019

The 2019 DCI World Championship Results

Blue Devils corps held on to a narrow lead of less than a tenth of a point to win a record-breaking nineteenth championship.

Story and Photos by Lauren Vogel Weiss
Oct 29, 2019

Harvey Vogel

“There’s no question that Harvey Vogel changed the way the consumer viewed retail percussion.”

by Lauren Vogel Weiss
Oct 29, 2019
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A Modern Class Act

“I always liked the dynamic contrast between focused and open tones.

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Oct 29, 2019

Catching Up With Ginger Baker

In December of 2014 Modern Drummer interviewed Ginger Baker, who died this past weekend at the age of eighty. We spoke to Baker, one of the most influential and notorious drummers in rock history, on the occasion of what would be his last studio album as a leader, Why?

by Jeff Potter
Oct 7, 2019
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