Drummers
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Harland Burkhart of Wild Hunt
As an MD subscriber back in the ’90s, I was like a deer caught in headlights, leafing through the latest issue that showed up at my doorstep. Looking at these jazz fusion guys’ kits with seemingly flawless arrangement, reading over…
The Who on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 1967
Watch the entire performance of The Who on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour from September 16, 1967 in this amazing YouTube video gem. Pre-show, Keith Moon loaded one of his two bass drums with explosives. During the climax of “My Generation,” Moon kicked…
Devin Gray
Hello, everybody! My name is Devin Gray. I am a drummer, composer, and improviser living in Brooklyn, New York. (Six years going strong!) I’m glad to have this opportunity to share some thoughts through this great MD blog. It’s been…
Matt Halpern SXSW Master Class
Watch this thirteen-minute clip of Periphery’s Matt Halpern in clinic. The session was filmed at this year’s SXSW convention in Austin, Texas, during Indie Ambassador’s party at the Soho Lounge. This was Matt’s demonstration of polyrhythmic concepts, in answer…
Reptar’s Andrew McFarland
Andrew McFarland from the Athens, Georgia–based synth pop group Reptar speaking. Greetings from the Internet all you MD-ers out there in concrete reality! What an honor to be addressing so many MD-ers at once! Thanks, MD! Preemptively nipping your curiosity…
Mike Portnoy Performance From the 2011 Guitar Center Drum-Off Finale
Mike Portnoy playing at Guitar Center’s 2011 Drum-Off finale this past January 14, featuring Billy Sheehan on bass, Tony MacAlpine on guitar, and Derek Sherinian on keys.
Will Noon of Fun SXSW Tour Blog
The sun sets over El Paso, and over Juarez as well—which is apparently the murder capital of the world. So I regretfully agree to enter round two in my search for decent Mexican food in El Paso. 0 for 2…
Dennis Chambers Performance From the 2011 Guitar Center Drum-Off Finale
A second video from Guitar Center’s 2011 Drum-Off finale this past January 14: Dennis Chambers tearing it up on a slow groove.
Sonny Igoe Passes
Noted jazz drummer, educator, and MD Advisory Board member Sonny Igoe has passed away, at age eighty-eight. Igoe was born in New Jersey and began playing drums at an early age. When he was sixteen he won the Gene Krupa…
Ilan Rubin Performance From the 2011 Guitar Center Drum-Off Finale
Check out this video of Ilan Rubin performing at Guitar Center’s Drum-Off finale, which was held at Club Nokia in Los Angeles this past January 14.
Mark Pry of Mariner Project
Hi, guys, my name is Mark Pry, and I’m the drummer who, along with synth player Evan Ignatz, comprises the D.C.-based Mariner Project. Our style is a mixture of house, lounge, dance, and dub-step, but it’s really a bit all…
Justin Peroff of Eight and a Half: Web Exclusive Interview
With Broken Social Scene going on indefinite hiatus at the end of last year, drummer Justin Peroff has found time to focus his energy on a new project with friends/label mates Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil of the Stills,…
Meshuggah Koloss
CD/ALBUM It’s time to take the usual bank of adjectives used to describe Meshuggah—words like brutal, dizzying, and relentless—and add…laid-back? First let’s be clear that Koloss, the Swedish metallers’ follow-up to the ultra-successful 2008 offering ObZen, includes an…
Jose Rosa
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Jose Rosa, and I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, tell you about my latest book, The Art of Latin Drumming, and share information about the Contemporary Drums & Percussion Camp.…
