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Municipal Waste and Burnt By The Sun Drummer Dave Witte: Exclusive In-The-Studio Performances
Dave Witte gives us the rundown for his approach to "A Party To The Unsound Method" by Burnt By The Sun.
Municipal Waste: Divine Blasphemer
Dave Witte gives us the rundown of his approach to "The Divine Blasphemer" by Municipal Waste.
Ken Weisbach of Flying Machines Entry Into Music
Hello to all who have arrived here; nice to meet you. I play for a quartet called Flying Machines–but before I go further with that, let me extend a quick thank you to Modern Drummer both for inclusion here and…
David Lynam from Lynam
Hi, folks, this is David Lynam from the band Lynam. We’re a Southern modern rock band from Birmingham, Alabama. I’m certainly not the most technical drummer you’ll ever meet. As a matter of fact, I thought a joke was being…
Web Exclusive Interview with Drew Steen and Jerry Roe
Drew Steen has been the drummer for teen pop sensation Demi Lovato for a little over a year now, and Jerry Roe is the new beatkeeper for 2008 American Idol runner-up David Archuleta. Steen and Roe met for the first…
Jes Calcaterra of Billy Boy On Poison
Hey, MD readers! My name is Jes Calcaterra and I play drums in Billy Boy On Poison, a Los Angeles—based band with Ironworks Music/Universal Republic. All of us are young people with old souls, exactly how the music sounds. Although…
Heart’s Ben Smith
I’m very happy to post a note on the MD blog about Heart’s new recording. I recently got a call from Ann and Nancy Wilson–my sisters in Heart–to come track some drums in L.A. for a new studio album, as…
Pat Petrillo — Learn To Read Rhythms...Better!
Hey, MD fam! Hope you’re all having a blast this summer and getting time to chill a bit–or gig a lot! Either way, hope you’re having fun. Things have been mad busy with me, so here’s a bit of an…
Gergo Dorozsmai of The Moog
Hi! I’m Gergo Dorozsmai, drummer for the Moog. I’ve never blogged before, so it’s an honor to write my first one for Modern Drummer! I’m from Budapest, Hungary, and I like to play drums, I do it for fun. And…
Colbie Caillat’s Craig Macintyre
Hello, MD readers, this is Craig Macintyre from Los Angeles. It’s been an exciting year so far, as I’ve joined up with mega singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat. I’m heading to NYC to promote her new album, Breakthrough, with an appearance on…
Branford Marsalis' Take On Jeff "Tain" Watts
Reflections From Jeff Watts’s Longtime Collaborator by Ken Micallef Since Jeff “Tain” Watts’s first recording with Wynton Marsalis in 1981, saxophonist Branford Marsalis has been at the drummer’s side, providing material, inspiration, and employment. Tain has appeared on practically all…
Neil Peart: More Reasons To Love
When we threw out the net asking drummers to share with us the reasons why they love Neil Peart’s drumming, so many wanted to chime in, we couldn’t fit everyone’s comments in the story. So we held our interviews with…
Remembering Jim Chapin
Photo by Rick Mattingly The venerable drum teacher passed away this July 4, leaving behind thousands of acolytes–and a million great stories. In this companion to the In Memoriam in the October issue of MD, we hear from some of…
Erik Eldenius is working on a lot of things!
Hi, MD! Lately I have spread myself quite thin, a bit out of necessity, but mainly out of pure love. After so many years of touring I have tried to stay in town a lot more and focus on recording,…
