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Drummer Blog: New Found Glory’s Cyrus Bolooki on Preparing to Tour
Photo by @THERainbowBeard Greetings, MD readers! This is Cyrus Bolooki, the drummer of New Found Glory and I am honored to contribute to Modern Drummer blogs. We are just about ready to tour to promote NFG’s new record, Resurrection, and…
Showroom: Grover Pro Musician’s Accessory Tray
This retrofitting tray converts a standard music stand into a table. It’s a solution for drummers, percussionists, and other musicians who need an inexpensive, versatile, and easily transportable padded table. Made from industrial-grade closed-cell foam, the tray is 22.5"x14" with…
First Ever Rhythm! Live Event At Rhythm! Discovery Center October 11th
Learn the history of jazz drumming and cymbals from leading educator Bob Breithaupt PAS and Rhythm! Discovery Center present Rhythm! LIVE featuring clinician, educator, artist, and past PAS president Bob Briethaupt. Bob's session is entitled Cymbalism: A History of Jazz…
Drummer Blog: District 97’s Jonathan Schang on Mini-Rock Opera, Tours, and Upcoming Album
Hello, MD readers! This is Jonathan Schang, the drummer and primary composer of the Chicago-based progressive rock band District 97 featuring 2007 American Idol female finalist, Leslie Hunt. You may remember me from the 2012 Modern Drummer Readers Poll, when…
Larry Goldings/Peter Bernstein/Bill Stewart Ramshackle Serenade
More often than not, it’s talent, vision, and plain old time spent playing together that yields the finest results in the jazz world, and the three musicians gathered here are certainly no strangers to making music collectively. Ramshackle Serenade may…
Enter to Win Glen Sobel’s Mapex Alice Cooper Touring Kit Plus More Great Prizes From Sabian, Gibraltar, Evans, and Regal Tip
This is the kit Glen used on the 2012-13 Alice Cooper tour! The Mapex MyDentity set features 7-ply maple shells with 30-degree bearing edges and includes two 18x22 bass drums; 8x10, 9x12, and 10x13 mounted toms; two 16x16 floor…
VIDEO! Jazz Drummers Workshop: Syncopation Revisited: Part 6: Assorted Applications (from the November 2014 issue)
November 2014 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Syncopation Revisited Part 6: Assorted Applications by Steve Fidyk Welcome to the final installment of our series on ways to interpret the classic Ted Reed book Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer. The…
VIDEO! The Kick Hiccup: Boost Your Groove With Quick Bass Drum Doubles (From the November 2014 Issue)
November 2014 Basics The Kick Hiccup Boost Your Groove With Quick Bass Drum Doubles by Rich Redmond Drummers all over the world have been hip to the kick hiccup for years. First popularized by Carmine Appice with Vanilla Fudge and…
Drummer Blog: Gabor “Gabs??? Dornyei on Touring and Being True to Yourself
Hi there, Modern Drummer readers, it’s Gabor “Gabs” Dornyei here from London, UK, and it’s great to be given the opportunity by MD to share some insights of my career with you. When you find yourself playing on the same…
Win an Autographed Drumhead and Second Nature CD From Flying Colors
To celebrate the release of Second Nature, the new album by Flying Colors, with Mike Portnoy on drums, one lucky winner will receive a drumhead signed by the band members plus the new CD. Four runners-up will receive a…
Showroom: 1710 Percussion Delivers Custom Drums With Powerful Sounds
1710 Percussion is a Maryland-based company that creates custom drums for rock, folk, jazz, classical, funk, and gospel drummers. Started in 2012, 1710 Percussion started as a hobby of building personal snare drums and refurbishing kits and then quickly turned…
Influences: Bill Stevenson
by Stephen Bidwell Drummer Bill Stevenson is among the most influential musicians associated with West Coast punk rock, on any instrument. After making his name with seminal hard-core band Black Flag in the ’80s, Stevenson proceeded to set…
moe. No Guts, No Glory
On an album full of over-driven guitar, dreamy and sometimes ominous soundscapes, and strong melodic and lyrical content, Vinnie Amico’s drums refuse to be relegated to the background. Each beat is solid and soulful, serving the tunes with energy. Amico…
Drummer Blog: Street Drum Corp’s Bobby Alt on Producing Teen Drummer John Tessin of Hero for Today
Hi, everyone! It’s a real privilege when I get to produce and record young drummers who are just coming into their own, and it’s a very special privilege when they’re great. Seventeen-year-old John Tessin, drummer for Hero for Today, is…
