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Triplet Fill Concepts - Part 1: Three Over Four

Welcome to the first of three lessons in our “Triplet Fill Concepts” series. In this part, I’m going to show you how to play some simple three-over-four ideas using accents over triplets. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…

John Xepoleas
Feb 23, 2017

Sonor - Vintage Series Drumset

Gather enough drummers together, and inevitably the conversation will turn toward the eternal question of whether vintage drums sound better than new ones. The pro-vintage crowd argues that twenty-plus-year-old wood has had time to settle into a reliable, consistent tone.…

Chris Edwards
Feb 23, 2017

BASICS - Fundamental Fills

The abundant amount of educational material on the market can overwhelm many students and aspiring professional drummers. Due to limited practice schedules or performance opportunities, some drummers fail to see how to implement new or practical material into their daily…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Jazz Drummer’s Workshop - Rhythmic Conversions

In this lesson, we’ll focus on variations of the converted triplet phrases from Part 1 . When practicing new material, I find it beneficial to explore as many different combinations as possible. By doing so, I’m more apt to apply…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Product Close-Up - ddrum Reflex Rally Sport Drumset

One of the sister companies to Tampa-based ddrum is Dean guitars, and one of the woods that Dean uses for electric guitar bodies is alder. Alder is considered a semi-hard wood and ranks just above pine and poplar. TO READ…

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Feb 23, 2017
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Product Close-Up - Sabian HH Vanguard Series Cymbals

Canadian cymbal maker Sabian has spent the past couple years revisiting its roots in an effort to bring back some of the classic handcrafted approaches the company employed in its early days in the 1980s. First was the raw and…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Product Close-Up - Love Custom Drums

Love Custom Drums founder Buddy “Love” McRoy spent years modifying his own instruments, whether that involved cutting new bearing edges or applying new finishes. But he didn’t start building drums from scratch until after being frustrated with the inability to…

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Feb 23, 2017

Catching Up With…Jae Sinnett

He has recorded more than ten albums as a leader, but he’s equally well known for his nationally syndicated NPR jazz program, Sinnett in Session. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

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Feb 23, 2017

Catching Up With…Simon Phillips

Life after Toto is no walk in the park for this drummer—it’s more like an all-out sprint, with plenty of deep grooves and technical wizardry to go around.

by Ilya Stemkovsky
Feb 23, 2017

Greg Wells

How does a kid from small-town Canada end up playing drums on records by Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Pink, Greg Holden, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mayer Hawthorne, and global superstar Mika? TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

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Feb 23, 2017

Adam Rudolph

In the liner notes to the album Turning Towards the Light, Adam Rudolph comments on one of his compositions, explaining, “a triple-diminished cosmogram is explored.” Of another track, he notes, “In this orchestral narrative, entities of macro or micro electro-magnetic…

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Feb 23, 2017

Teacher's Forum - Education Through a Different Lens

As music educators, we have the duty of teaching our students all the technical and rudimentary things that pertain to our particular instruments. But as artists, we have the gift to go above and beyond the basics to teach our…

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Feb 23, 2017
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Josh Block

For ten years he plied his trade with the adventurous Texas rock band White Denim. Recently he’s dedicated his significant playing, engineering, and producing skills to the Grammy-nominated old-soul singer Leon Bridges. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

TEACHER’S FORUM - Teaching Young Children

Nothing is more exciting than watching new students enter my teaching studio for the first time and seeing them react to all the drums, cymbals, percussion, and posters. It’s like a candy store for them—they want to indulge and eat…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017
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