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News: Drum Ambition Offers Video Lessons for Beginners
Launched in January 2016, Drum Ambition is a website that provides video lessons for beginner drummers. Founded and presented by Simon DasGupta, Drum Ambition is ideal for students who are working with a teacher and would like to utilize a…
Listen to the Drumming: Maurice White
In honor of the passing of Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, we've put together a playlist featuring some of the best-known EWF songs that he played drums on, as well as some rare performances from the singer and…
March 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Barry Kerch
(Available digitally January 29, 2016; in print February 2, 2016) On the Cover Barry Kerch “The ‘Cut the Cord’ video is us in a live setting.If you put the four of us in a room with an aggressive song, that’s…
News: Joyful Noise Drum Company Announces Luminary Series Snare Drum Giveaway
For its 10th anniversary celebration, the Joyful Noise Drum Company is launching a contest to give away a 6.5x14 Luminary series snare drum. The Luminary series snare drum features a seamless aluminum shell embodying the design attributes of the renowned…
David Bowie: A Different View
by Adam Budofsky The music world is quite a bit less bold today with the passing of David Bowie, the iconic artist who was as famous for his appetite for new musical ideas as he was for…
News: Porter & Davies Announces Direct Distribution To USA
Porter & Davies Thrones. Photography by Paul Demuth. As of January 1, 2016, Porter & Davies now supplies the BC2, BC2rm, BC Gigster, and KT Platform direct from the UK to the USA to both dealers and end users. By…
News: Rick Allen of Def Leppard Fame to Exhibit Latest Collection of Artwork
Wentworth Gallery is honored to present Rick Allen’s works from his latest collection, “Rick Allen: Angels and Icons.” Rick’s art is currently being showcased exclusively in Wentworth Gallery locations throughout the country, including metro DC, South Florida, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and…
News: Super Vibes Jam Returns to Asbury Park, January 9, 2016
Many of the world’s greatest jazz vibraphonists will return to the Jersey Shore to perform at a vibes jam at Langosta Lounge on Saturday, January 9, 2016, in conjunction with the fourth World Vibes Congress. Featured artists include Mike Mainieri,…
News: Famed Drum Clinician/Educator Dom Famularo Voices Main Character for Animated Series Musimations
Musimations is an animated series that simplifies the reading and playing of music. The show stars a zany grandpa named Tappy Pappy (voiced by Famularo) who teaches lessons in his music shop with the help of his insightful dog, Ruff.…
News: Drum Exchange Rebrands as GearBooth
After nearly twelve months of searching and musician testing, the one-of-a-kind marketplace for musicians formerly called Drum Exchange will be changing its name to GearBooth, effective January 1, 2016. “We’re very excited to align our name and branding with a…
News: Empowerment for Disabled Musicians Organization CandoMusos to Present at H.O.T. Zone During Winter NAMM 2016
CandoMusos announces that they will again be presenting their global vision for all musicians with disabilities on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 3 pm PST, in the H.O.T. Zone at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Conference in Anaheim,…
Exclusive Video Interviews from PASIC 2015
This past November 11–14, the Percussive Arts Society held its annual international convention in San Antonio, Texas. This milestone event marked the fortieth anniversary of PASIC and the first year that live-streaming passes were offered. Within the convention, attendees had…
February 2016 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Adam Deitch
(Available digitally December 29, 2015; in print January 3, 2016) On the Cover Adam Deitch “There’s a constant search for finding out what your sound is and what you’re able to express in the moment, when it counts. It just…
El Ten Eleven’s Tim Fogarty
Tim Fogarty by Rozette Rago Drums, bass, or keys? Why not play all three at once? On post-rock instrumental duo El Ten Eleven’s newest record, Fast Forward, rhythmic backbone Tim Fogarty pushes the role of a drummer into uncharted territories…
