Drummers
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Ian Paice to Take Part in U.K. Learn to Play Day
The Music for All organization has announced that this March 31, Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice will be involved with National Learn to Play Day, which will offer free musical instrument lessons to the public. More than sixty music shops…
The April 2012 Issue of Modern Drummer magazine featuring Wilco's Glenn Kotche!
Wilco's Glenn Kotche Featuring Tony Escapa Influences: 311's Chad Sexton Get the Best: Great Drumming Collections on a Budget Update Brazilian Jazzer Duduka Da Fonseca Conan's Jams "the Work" Wormworth Rock Journeyman Bobby Jarzombek David Crowder Band's Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush Shop Talk 9 Household…
Shaun Foist
Hello, fellow drummers! My name is Shaun Foist, and I’ve been playing drums for nineteen years. I got started at around age ten, when my father showed me how to play. About six months later he encouraged me to enter…
Russ Miller to be Drummer for "American Idol" Season 11 "Mentor" Sessions
Now that the finalists have been chosen for the American Idol Season 11 Hollywood, Ca. eliminations, the "Mentoring" sessions will begin. Starting on 3.2.12 the finalists will be "Mentored" by a music superstar, in preparation for their next weeks performances.…
Edu Cominato
Hello, everybody! My name is Edu Cominato, and I’m a Brazilian drummer. In 2009 I had the privilege to be invited to join Jeff Scott Soto’s band, and I’ve been having a blast since then. In that year we did…
Mountain’s Corky Laing Announces A New Project
Corky Laing, longtime drummer with the legendary classic rock band Mountain, has a new band called the Memory Thieves. Laing, who via Mountain’s 1970 hit “Mississippi Queen” has done as much as anyone in Western culture to turn the cowbell…
Terri Lyne Carrington's The Mosaic Project Reveives 2012 Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Album"
The 54th annual Grammy awards brought Hebert-Carrington Media co-founder Terri Lyne Carrington her first Grammy award as a leader for her ambitious cross-genre production The Mosaic Project. Her debut album on Concord Jazz, and her fifth overall, won the “Best…
Alex Acuna at University of Central Florida's Contemporary Drums and Percussion Camp
Alex Acuna will be part of the 2012 edition of the University of Central Florida's Contemporary Drums and Percussion Camp, along with his nephew Hector "Pocho" Neciosup, Jose Rosa, John Riley, Tony Cintron, Ekendra Das and Larry Washington. When: July…
New York Jazz Drummer/Leader Pete Zimmer
Hey, everybody in the MD community! Pete Zimmer here. I’m a New York City–based drummer, and very happy to have the opportunity to share with you some exciting things currently happening. I’m pleased to announce that my fifth CD as…
KJ Sawka: Smashing Electronica
This is an excerpt from the “Get Good: Electronic Drumming” feature that ran in the February 2011 issue of Modern Drummer. Capturing the drum ’n’ bass aesthetic as exemplified in the music of Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, and Plug, KJ Sawka plays some…
Roger Humphries Playing with Horace Silver
Check out this great video of drummer Roger Humphries playing with Horace Silver and his 5tet performing The Natives are Restless Tonight in 1964. Roger was featured in the May 2011 issue of Modern Drummer. Purchase print back issues or download for…
Matt Wilson Record Release Shows Announced
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts has announced a string of shows in support of his new cd, An Attitude For Gratitude. Dizzy's Club Cocoa Cola Wednesday Feb. 29- Sunday, March 4 Jazz at Lincoln Center Time Warner Center Broadway…
Basic Hand Technique As Taught to Chuck Silverman by Richard Wilson and Murray Spivak
E-BOOK/DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO LEVEL: BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE $30 Educator Chuck Silverman’s new e-book/downloadable video bundle distills the wisdom of two of his teachers, Richard Wilson and Murray Spivak, into practical instruction for hand technique. Wilson’s concepts include “wrist turns” and “down…
Jon Fishman Trains for Phish’s Summer Tour
For a few years now, before each trek around the country, Phish has taken to the Web with a splashy video announcement complete with tour dates. The band’s drummer, Jon Fishman, has made cameos in the clips, but for the…
