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Guitar Center Launches Its 25th Annual Drum-Off Competition
The nationwide competition in search of the next great undiscovered drummer offers the chance to a win career-launching prize package Guitar Center’s Drum-Off launches its 25th annual search for the next great undiscovered drummer. Developed to spotlight the drumming community, Guitar Center’s…
Al Foster Quartet to Headline Northampton Jazz Festival
The Northampton Jazz Festival has announced that the Al Foster Quartet, featuring Eric Alexander on saxophone, will headline a star-studded lineup for its third annual event. The free festival will occur on Saturday, September 7, from 11am to 9pm, in…
Sublime 3 Ring Circus: Live at the Palace, October 21, 1995
Sublime is that rare band that enjoyed most of its success and acclaim after breaking up. Following the death by heroin overdose of vocalist and guitarist Bradley Nowell on May 25, 1996, the remaining members, drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist…
Aaron Legg of the Documentary Film Chops
Hi MD! When I was little, my dad would always carry a camera with him wherever he went, and his finger was never too far from the record button. I can clearly remember growing up in a house full of…
Big Kids Rock - Little Kids Rock Benefit Concert
Music changes kids, and kids change the world! It's up to all of the "big kids" out there to support the little kids' right to rock, and we know three bands of "big kids" that will battle it out at…
Milwaukee’s Summerfest Partners With School of Rock to Showcase Aspiring Musicians
Every aspiring musician’s dream is to perform live on stage in front of thousands of people—and better yet, at a music festival that brings together the industry’s hottest stars. This summer, School of Rock is giving hundreds of students a…
Queens of the Stone Age …Like Clockwork
After a six-year absence, Queens of the Stone Age are back with a new sound on their latest record, …Like Clockwork. The ten-track album came with its fair share of trials and tribulations, though. Complications from a knee surgery back…
Street Drum Corps Present "Lost Vegas"
Street Drum Corps present their high-energy “Lost Vegas” production opening this Saturday June 15th at Vinyl inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. Opening night features special guests Jose Pasillas from Incubus & Deryck Whibley from Sum 41. “Lost Vegas”…
MD Columnist John Emrich Assists Peter Erskine With Multimedia Performance for KIN
The Kellogg Innovative Network’s “Etudes for Innovation, Opus 5” event, which took place May 29, 2013 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, featured Peter Erskine with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, led by Bob Mintzer. The show’s producer, Jeffrey Ernstoff, wanted…
Intronaut Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)
Prime musicianship and haunting melodies make excellent bedfellows, especially when mixed with mesmerizing polyrhythms and punishing heaviness. On Intronaut’s latest, drummer Danny Walker proves that he’s perfectly suited for whatever feel is waiting around the next corner. The infectiously jilting…
Summer Solstice Brings First-Ever National Music Day to the US
Communities and cities across the country offer more than 2,000 opportunities to make sweet music The longest day of the year fills with music as 25 city-wide celebrations along with smaller ones coast to coast join in the first-ever National…
Calzone/Anvil Cases Acquires Ascot Cases
Calzone/Anvil Cases announced that it acquired the assets of Ascot Superior Flight Cases on May 31, 2013. Ascot Cases was founded by Rob Cooksey thirty-two years ago in Newbury Park, CA. Cooksey began as a touring roadie and production manager…
Thomas Lang, Aaron Spears, Steve Smith, and Dave Weckl Appearing at Cleveland Drum Fantasy Camp
For the seventh consecutive year, Drum Fantasy Camp will allow drummers of all ages, playing levels, and musical genres to spend time in small classes with some of the world’s great drummers. This year’s camp will be held August 8…
Billy Cadden of the Postelles
Hello, MD readers. My name is Billy Cadden, and I play in a band from New York City called the Postelles. I’ve been playing drums for about eleven years and have been perusing issues of Modern Drummer and checking out…
