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Sabian Producing Select Crescent Cymbals Models for North America
To meet the demands of customers and artists for new cymbals, Cymbal Masters is offering select Crescent models in North America that are hand made to exacting specifications by Sabian. Crescent’s Istanbul production managers, Kadri Kayan and Guclu Arslan, will…
Jeff Tortora of Blue Man Group
Hey all! My name is Jeff Tortora, originally from Syracuse, New York, and this is my first Modern Drummer blog post, which I am very excited about! I’ve been playing drums since I was five (starting on pots and pans,…
Danny Seraphine Ready For the Next Phase
by Jeff Potter Danny Seraphine fueled a long list of classic tracks in his twenty-three years as a member of Chicago, inspiring generations of drummers in the process. Since returning in 2006 from a long performing hiatus, he…
Doug Alley of Mile Marker Zero
I’ve been interested in drums for about twenty years now. Out of those twenty, ten were spent just hitting drums, and the other ten were spent taking drums seriously. Now I have a degree in music education and I play…
Jack Irons’ Earthquake Live Drum Video
“The idea behind this video,” says Jack Irons, who can be heard on the self-titled album by Arthur Channel, “was to film actual performances of a few tracks that were arranged for a live show. (I have yet to…
Lance Garvin from Living Sacrifice
Hello metal heads, I’m Lance Garvin from Living Sacrifice. I will start out by saying how grateful I am to my parents for showing interest in me and everything I believed in, and to my wife for her patience and…
Rock Drummer Vinny Appice to Conduct Online Master Class
Legendary rock drummer Vinny Appice will conduct an online master drum class at GoDpsMusic on Saturday, January 11, 2014, 1 to 3 pm (PST). Appice has powered the rhythm of bands such as Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven and Hell, Ozzy…
Colin Jones of Cage the Gods
Colin Jones here. I’m the drummer for the British rock band Cage the Gods. I started messing about on the school drumkit at the age of twelve, when I was playing guitar for the school band. Whenever the drummer would…
VIDEO! Jazz Drummer’s Workshop: Approaching Standards, Part 3: Language and Vernacular (February 2014 Issue)
by Steve Fidyk Welcome to the final installment of our series on applying the rhythmic phrasing of jazz standards to the drumset. This time we’re exploring ways to extract themes from the Thelonious Monk tune “Straight No Chaser” to…
Product Close-Up: ddrum Paladin Walnut Speakeasy Drumset (From the February 2014 Issue)
by Michael Dawson When ddrum first arrived in the 1980s, it made only electronic drums and triggers and was owned by Clavia, the Swedish maker of Nord series keyboards and synthesizers. Ddrum was sold to Armadillo Enterprises—which also owns Dean…
Darien Williams of Carbon Tigers
What’s going on MD readers? I’m super stoked to get this opportunity to share with you because I’ve been a reader of Modern Drummer for a long time now. My name is Darien Williams, and I’m living in Chicago, IL…
Robert Wyatt ’68
The tracks on this collection were recorded shortly after Wyatt’s band Soft Machine had broken up—temporarily, it would turn out—following a tour of the States with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In fact, Wyatt worked on the tunes while staying at…
Marian Li Pino of La Luz
Hey, MD folks! Marian here from La Luz. About a month ago, we got hit by a semi-truck during an overnight drive from Boise to Seattle. We were touring with Of Montreal and unfortunately had to drop out due to…
Ricky Lawson Passes
Ricky Lawson, the veteran drummer who worked with Michael Jackson, Steely Dan, the Yellowjackets, Phil Collins, Quincy Jones, and Earth, Wind & Fire, among other top artists, has passed away. Look for a full tribute to Ricky in an upcoming…
