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Drummer Blog: August Burns Red’s Matt Greiner Shares Studio Sneak Peak of Upcoming Album, Found in Far Away Places
Hi, MD readers! Matt Greiner here. Take away the challenging aspect of drumming in the studio and much of the thrill of recording would be lost for me. Up until the studio, all the hard work in the creative process…
Drummer Blog: The Color Morale’s Steve Carey Visits Tracks From the Band’s Latest Record
“Outer Demons” is a very upbeat, alive and electric song for me to play on drums. It was one of the first songs we wrote for Hold On Pain Ends and the whole purpose of it was to make kids…
Drummer Blog: Salvador Placencia and Garrett Ray of Fool’s Gold
Garrett Ray of Fool’s Gold Greetings drummers of the modern age! We are Salvador Placencia and Garrett Ray, percussionist and drummer for the band Fool’s Gold from Los Angeles. We thought it would be fun to interview each other to…
Drummer Blog: Shauney Recke on Keeping an Open Mind and Being Prepared for Anything
Hello drummers and all others. My name is Shauney Recke, known to most as Shauney Baby, a name I adapted some time ago in my hometown of Washington, DC while playing in the first-ever all female go-go band called Pleasure.…
Drummer Blog: Translator’s Dave Scheff Talks Past Influences and Upcoming Shows
Hi, MD readers! Dave Scheff here. Though I’ve drummed my way across the spectrum, with acts as disparate as comedian Jerry Van Dyke and icon Joan Baez, while also touring with Dead Kennedys and recording and touring with Half True,…
On the Beat: Bayside’s Chris Guglielmo Explains the Hits Between the Hits
Hi, Modern Drummer people! My name is Chris Guglielmo, and I play drums in a band called Bayside. I play Ludwig drums, Sabian cymbals, Promark sticks, and Evans heads. I remember getting my first set of drums in middle school.…
Drummer Blog: Brutai’s Mathieu Bauer
Hello world! Mathieu Bauer here, of the band Brutai. I am French and twenty-two years old, but most of all I am a drummer. A little about myself—the tale begins when I was five years old learning classical percussion in…
Drummer Blog: Royal Thunder’s Evan Diprima Talks New Record, Crooked Doors
Hello all! This is Evan Diprima here from Royal Thunder. Our new full-length record, Crooked Doors, is coming on April 7. This video (below) documents some of the journey through the recording process with our good friend/producer and Aria Recording…
Drummer Blog: Jerod Boyd of Miss May I
What’s up Modern Drummer readers? I’m Jerod Boyd and I play drums for a band called Miss May I. We are a metalcore band with quick riffs, heavenly harmonies, and heavy drumming! I remember eight years ago getting my first…
Drummer Blog: Jody Porter From Fountains of Wayne Checks In on Drums
Hola, drum mods! It’s Jody Porter here from the band Fountains of Wayne. I play a guitar by trade but also drums among other things on my new solo LP, Month of Mondays. My dad had a studio set-up back…
On the Beat: Ghostface Killah’s Gintas Janusonis on Hip-Hop and Achieving That “Old School??? Sound
Greetings, Modern Drummer readers! This is Gintas Janusonis checking in with you to share some of the insights I’ve gained throughout my life and career as a musician. I’ll share with you the unique challenges of hip-hop drumming, getting old…
Drummer Blog: Seek Irony’s Rom Gov Talks Moving From Tel Aviv to Austin
Hey, Modern Drummer! How’s it going? My name is Rom Gov and I’m the drummer for the band Seek Irony. My band and I are originally from Tel Aviv, Israel and we recently relocated to our new home base of…
Drummer Blog: Phil Maturano on Crossing Cultures and Indian Drumming
Hi, MD readers. It’s a pleasure to greet you here, and I hope all is well. As you may or may not know, in 2014 I had an extended stay in India. I was there doing concerts with some of…
Drummer Blog: The Bots’ Anaiah Lei on Incorporating Jazz and Other Musical Styles
Hi, guys and girls! My name is Anaiah Lei, and I drum for a band called the Bots, from Los Angeles, California. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and I’ve been drumming for about eleven years. I joined…
