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Montréal Drum Fest 2014
To the drum industry, manufacturers, distributors, drum shops and our audience: We regret to inform you that we have to cancel this year’s 22nd edition of the Montreal Drum Fest - October 25 & 26. Following consultation with the music…
Terry Bozzio and Universal Percussion’s Tom Shelley Tour the South
Terry Bozzio joined Universal Percussion president Tom Shelley this past February and March for their third joint clinic tour. After covering a good chunk of the Eastern US last fall, the duo performed at venues throughout the South. Their first…
Steve Weiss: 1943-2014
The entire percussion community suffered a loss this past April 21, when Steve Weiss, founder of the Pennsylvania-based percussion retail business that bore his name, lost his long battle with prostate cancer. In high school Weiss studied with Philadelphia Orchestra…
DRUMSTRONG Rhythm & Arts Festival 2014
May 16, 17, & 18, Misty Meadows Farm, Weddington, North Carolina. Benefiting DrumsForCures, a 501©(3) non-profit organization raising awareness and funds for cancer initiatives globally through family friendly rhythm gatherings. Scheduled to appear: Railroad Earth, The Felice Brothers, Kopecky Family Band, Chatham County Line, American…
Paul Delacerda of Wounded Warrior
Hi, my fellow MD readers! My name is Paul Delacerda, and I am a US Army retired Staff Sargent. This is my second blog, and I’m very honored. I am originally from Houston, Texas. I started playing drums when I…
Rachel Trachtenburg of the Prettiots and Larry & the Babes
Hi MD readers. My name is Rachel Trachtenburg, and I’m from New York City. I have been playing the drums since the age of six. It all started in Seattle, Washington, where I was born. In the late ’90s, my…
Product Close-Up: Geo. H. Way Tradition Snare Drums (From the June 2014 Issue)
by Michael Dawson George Way is a legendary figure in American drum manufacturing. He started his first drum company, Advance, in the early twentieth century and began working with Leedy in 1921, where he had a hand in a number…
Alex Mascarin of We Outspoken
Hello, Modern Drummer readers and friends! My name is Alex Mascarin, and I am a drummer in the band We Outspoken from Toronto, Canada. It is an honor and a privilege to be featured in Modern Drummer and I have…
Chris Cushman of 3 Years Hollow
My name is Chris Cushman—most people call me Cush—and I play drums for the American rock band 3 Years Hollow. For me, drumming started when I was three years old, and I’ve never really looked back. Drumming was always second…
Chilean Drummer Diego Fuchslocher
Hello, readers of MD! I’m a session drummer from Chile. I’m twenty-five years old, and I work on some TV shows, do educational drum clinics, and also play sessions. One of my most special jobs has been with the TV…
The Ox and the Loon Special Event Honoring the Who’s John Entwistle and Keith Moon This April 24
Tichy/Sutton Productions will present “The Ox and the Loon: A Night of Rhythmic Lunacy” in honor of John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the Who on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. After…
Brand X {Missing Period}
Not that anybody perusing a drumming website should need convincing at this point, but Phil Collins is one badass drummer. Those who first heard Collins during his mid-’80s reign over pop radio could be forgiven for being unaware of the…
Phoenix Arn-Horn of Courage My Love
Hello, MD readers! The song I’m playing in this video is one of my favorites on our EP. I remember the day I came in to lay down drums for the record, and I was so pumped when we finally…
Andrew Weber of Green or Blue
Hey, MD readers! My name is Andrew Weber. I’ve been drumming for the past ten years, and it has been the most rewarding thing I have done in my life. I started playing in my freshman year of high school.…
