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AVM's Steve Birkett Talks About Their New Ablum - A Matter Of Time
Hi, folks. This is Steve Birkett from Chicagoland band AVM. We just released our new CD, A Matter Of Time, on Big Chance Records. It’s an excellent mix of modern pop, progressive, and classic and epic rock. The official CD…
AVM's Steve Birkett
Hi, folks. This is Steve Birkett from Chicagoland band AVM. We just released our new CD, A Matter Of Time, on Big Chance Records. It’s an excellent mix of modern pop, progressive, and classic and epic rock. The official CD…
The Phenomenal Handclap Band's Patrick Wood
Greetings and salutations, I feel honored to have been asked to write this blog, so here goes…. My name is Patrick Wood, and I play drums and sing in the Phenomenal Handclap Band out of NYC. In addition to being…
Fitz & The Tantrums' John Wicks
Hey, MD folks, John Wicks here. I wanted to take a minute and tell you about Fitz & The Tantrums. I’m currently recording the upcoming release by Fitz, Songs For A Break Up Vol. 2, and having a total blast.…
Rob Bujak of Nova
Hello to all my fellow drummers! My name is Rob Bujak and I am currently drumming for the band Nova, out of San Francisco. I’m gonna have to admit that I have an obsession with drums; all I do is…
T.S.O.L.'s Anthony "Tiny" Biuso
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! It's Anthony Biuso here, checking in with a blog to let you know what's been going on in my world. I left (hed) p.e. in August of 2008 to devote more time to my previous band,…
T.S.O.L.'s Anthony "Tiny" Biuso
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! It's Anthony Biuso here, checking in with a blog to let you know what's been going on in my world. I left (hed) p.e. in August of 2008 to devote more time to my previous band,…
"TablaGirl" Tina Sugandh
Hello, MD! I am a singer/songwriter, but I was given the name “TablaGirl.” My tabla skills actually just led me to Ringo Starr’s house, where I had the absolute honor of singing and playing tabla on his album, as well…
"TablaGirl" Tina Sugandh
Hello, MD! I am a singer/songwriter, but I was given the name “TablaGirl.” My tabla skills actually just led me to Ringo Starr’s house, where I had the absolute honor of singing and playing tabla on his album, as well…
The Ryanist of Antennas Up
At a show in Lawrence, Kansas, Jordan, then drummer of Oliver Future, now drummer of the Relentless 7, gets to telling me about C&C drums. He says that they have finished drumkits for Ringo Starr, and that they’re just generally…
Stephen Nicholson of This Is A Shakedown!
Hello, everybody, my name is Stephen Nicholson. I grew up in the city of Cleveland Heights, a suburb east of Cleveland, Ohio. I guess you can say that I became interested in drumming around the age of nine. It was…
Jeremy Enigk's Victor Garcia
Greetings! The first time I sat in front of drums was the day of my thirteenth birthday, when my brother came home at night and surprised me with a fourth-hand drumkit. It was an old black Pearl Forum Series. On…
Rick Long
After ten-plus years in the drum industry as a freelance writer for Modern Drummer, I decided, “It’s time to play.” I love my writing work, but the local gigs I was taking on the drums weren’t enough to satisfy my…
Petrel's Rebekah Petrel
Hi, MD readers, I’m twenty years old and a singer/songwriter/musician and drummer/keyboard player for Petrel, a rock/pop band my sisters Jessica and Destiny and I started three years ago. Music is my life, and it’s something I know I inherited.…
