Feature Stories
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Dom Famularo’s Teachers List
Over the course of his forty-year career traveling the globe to teach, perform, and conduct clinics, Dom Famularo has interacted with some of the finest drummers and drum instructors in the world. The following list contains many of those names,…
Count Basie/Tony Bennett Drummer Harold Jones
by Robert Girouard Harold Jones is a marvel. While some people his age are already living in retirement homes, the seventy-five-year-old drummer is busy globe-hopping with another over-achieving American musical icon, Tony Bennett. Jones began his career in the early…
Video Demo: Handheld Tambourines
This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the December 2015 issue, which is available here. Product Close-Up Handheld Tambourines A Roundup of Options From Four of the Industry’s Top Jingle Makers Whether you’re an aspiring session…
Video Tour! Gearing Up with Gary Clark Jr.'s Johnny Radelat
This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the December 2015 issue, which is available here. Gearing Up One Stage And Up Close Johnny Radelat As much as we love checking out giant kits, it’s nice to…
Web Exclusive: Producer David Frangioni on the Brian Frasier-Moore “Grooves For Life??? Loop Library
In 2009, Audio One’s sound-specialist and producer David Frangioni spoke to Madonna’s musical director Kevin Antunes about Brian Frasier-Moore contributing to Frangioni’s series of drum sample libraries. Antunes thought it was a wonderful idea and three years later, in 2012,…
Evan Burrows of Wand on 1,000 Days
by Adam Budofsky A number of bands today are successfully exploring the intersection of psychedelic, pop, and garage-rock music. Australia’s Tame Impala and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Britain’s Wytches and Syd Arthur, and America’s Ty Segall…
Shaun Foist of Breaking Benjamin: Failure Was Never an Option
Prior to joining the revamped lineup of the hit alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin, Shaun Foist spent thirteen years immersing himself in all things drumming, including playing with Picture Me Broken, a band fronted by Gregg Allman’s daughter, Brooklyn Allman.…
Mike Wengren of Disturbed on Immortalized
photo by Travis Shin by Stephen Bidwell Chart-topping metal band Disturbed has returned from a four-year hiatus this past August 21 with the Kevin Churko–produced album Immortalized. We caught up with drummer Mike Wengren as he was prepping…
Drum Cam Video: Jay Postones of TesseracT Demonstrates “Dystopia??? From the Brand-New Polaris Album
I’d like to do something a little different with my first new TesseracT drum video. I want to share with you the point I’m at right now, before I’ve spent six months on the road with the song. At this…
Jean-Paul Gaster On Clutch’s Brand-New Album, Psychic Warfare
The eleventh studio album by the Maryland-based band finds singer/guitarist Neil Fallon, guitarist Tim Sult, bassist Dan Maines, and drummer Jean-Paul Gaster working once again with Machine, this time at the producer’s relocated studio in Texas. “I listened closely to…
Video Tour! Gearing Up with Wilco's Glenn Kotche
This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the November 2015 issue, which is available here. Gearing Up On Stage and Up Close Glenn Kotche by Miguel Monroy Glenn Kotche has one of the most distinctive setups…
Faith No More’s Mike Bordin Discusses Sol Invictus and His Hard-Hitting Playing Style
Photo: Ross Halfin by David Jarnstrom Any respectable list of the hardest-hitting drummers of all time simply must place Mike Bordin at or near the very top. Even at fifty-two years of age, the dude is an absolute warrior—an imposing…
Greg Errico on Sly and the Family Stone’s Fantastic, Forgotten Concert Document Live at the Fillmore East
by Robin Tolleson Listening to the recently released Sly and the Family Stone set, Live at the Fillmore East (Epic/Legacy), the band’s original drummer, Greg Errico, admits to getting quite excited, “almost like a fan,” partly because he’s long wondered…
Web Exclusive! Joe Walsh’s Joe Vitale: Practice Tips and Influences
More With Joe Vitale From His October 2015 MD Feature by Billy Amendola Joe Vitale is currently touring with Joe Walsh as well as starring in the movie Ricki and the Flash, featuring Meryl Streep. Here, Joe shares…
