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Harry Keithline of Wise Girl
Hey! This is Wise Girl drummer, Harry Keithline, and I’m happy to be with y’all! I couldn’t be more pleased with of our debut full-length album, You’ll Just Have to Wait. Making the record was a great time and was…
Beau Kuther of Smallpools
Good day, fellow Modern Drummer fanatics. Most of you don’t know who I am, but if you skim your way through this brief and painless memoir of my drumming existence, you’ll probably end up knowing more about me than you…
Johnny Richardson with Trace Adkins
Hello fellow drummers, music lovers, and MD readers! My name is Johnny Richardson and I live in Nashville, Tennessee and am beginning my third year as superstar country artist Trace Adkins’ drummer. My start to the job with Trace was…
Mark Leon
Hi, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Mark Leon. I’m sixty-six years old and have been a professional drummer for fifty-two years. I got bitten by the bug, so to speak, at five years old, listening to New York’s Make…
Road Rash Author and MD Contributor Mark Parsons
“How many drummers does it take to…”? “What do you get when you cross a drummer with…”? “Did you hear about the drummer who…”? Yes, I have. And so have you. And some of them are even funny. But underlying…
Ben Barter of Lorde
Hi MD, readers! I’m Ben, and I’ve been playing drums for Ella (Lorde) for almost one year now. It has been the fastest and most exciting year of my life. I’ve managed to tick many of my musical aspirations off…
Kostas Milonas of Sunburst, New Day Slave, and Mario Fragoulis
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! This is my first time writing a blog for my all-time favorite magazine, which I grew up with, Modern Drummer. I started playing drums at the age of three back in my hometown Trikala, Greece. I…
Justin Martinez of The Tontons
Hello, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Justin Martinez, and I am extremely honored to write a post for this site. Many of you have probably never heard of me before, and that’s okay. I’m a twenty-two-year-old musician based out…
Mike Brennan ReverbNation/Modern Drummer Fantasy Camp Winner
Hi! I’ve been playing drums for thirty-four years and have been performing for almost that long. I started with playing drums in the high school jazz band. I’ve been teaching and writing method books for about twenty-five years; I…
Scott Amendola of Charlie Hunter
Hi, Modern Drummer peeps. Scott Amendola here, and I’m drummer, composer, and bandleader. You might know me from the Nels Cline Singers, Charlie Hunter Trio/Quartet, or Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane, to name a few. Well, old pal and musical compadre…
Kevin Smart of Jake Miller
Hey, what’s up guys? I’m a seventeen-year-old drummer for Jake Miller. Currently, I am sitting in Starbucks drinking some hot chocolate writing this blog. I’ve always loved music, since it was constantly played in my house and despite the fact…
Peter Ulrich
Hello, MD, this is Peter Ulrich, former drummer/percussionist with Dead Can Dance, currently fronting the Peter Ulrich Collaboration. Since I joined DCD back in 1982, my drumming path has seen a lot of changes. The DCD opportunity took me by…
Danny Young of We Will Rock You Tour
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Danny Young, and I’m currently the drummer on the We Will Rock You tour. Over the past few years, I have been playing on a lot of Broadway shows, including this current tour,…
Jason Schmidt of Brian Davis
Hello again, Modern Drummer readers! In my first blog, I introduced myself to you. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, please check it out here. In this blog, I’d like to talk about something I feel that…
