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Now, what's on the MD editors' musical minds this month...

Associate Editor Michael Parillo I'm going to focus on live music this time, because I was lucky enough to see two wonderful bands and two amazing drummers in NYC last month. First up was BRIAN BLADE and the Fellowship at…

Modern Drummer
Oct 10, 2010

Keith Knudsen of The Doobie Brothers: Prepared, Perfect

Keith Knudsen was best known for his work with the Doobie Brothers, playing on six top-ten albums including 1978’s number-one record, Minute By Minute. In the early ’70s, Knudsen teamed with rock organist Lee Michaels, with whom he would record…

Modern Drummer
Oct 8, 2010

Nate Morton with Cher

Hey, everybody, Nate Morton here with a quick update. I’ve been performing with Cher in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace, and the performances have been amazing, truly an extravaganza! I’m often asked what it’s like working with Cher, and the…

Modern Drummer
Oct 8, 2010

Ed Thigpen: “Mr. Taste"

Ed Thigpen, an important element in the music of jazz luminaries including Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, was known as “Mr. Taste.” Thigpen was most noted for his brush technique and articulate sense of pulse and swing. Thigpen was born…

Modern Drummer
Oct 5, 2010

Kyle Young of Maddam Ink

It all started in fifth grade music class. Everyone had to learn how to play 8th and 16th notes by tapping drumsticks on an old textbook, and if you had the guts to get up in front of the class,…

Modern Drummer
Oct 4, 2010
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Tosin Aribisala: Afrikan Rhapsody

Aye, MD faithful readers! My name is Tosin Aribisala. It is an honor for me to write a blog for this awesome drummers’ magazine. I have been an ardent reader and subscriber to Modern Drummer for over eleven of my…

Modern Drummer
Oct 1, 2010

Gene Hoglan: Making Dethklok’s Metalocalypse

by David Ciauro Rock stardom can sometimes happen in strange ways. In death metal drumming trailblazer Gene Hoglan’s case, it took having a cartoon alter ego named Pickles to finally put him—and the genre itself—at the top of the charts.…

Modern Drummer
Sep 29, 2010

Narada Michael Walden: Web Exclusive

Photo by Bill Reitzel In a continuation of our interview with Narada Michael Walden from the November 2010 issue of Modern Drummer, the fusion and pop drumming/producing maestro reflects on his early days, teaching, spirituality, playing in odd time signatures,…

Modern Drummer
Sep 29, 2010

Jim Capaldi: Traffic’s Reluctant Drum Wonder

Jim Capaldi, best known as drummer, singer, and lyricist with the British band Traffic, was one of the most identifiable and multi-talented musicians to come of age at the tail end of the British Invasion of the mid-’60s. Hooking up…

Modern Drummer
Sep 29, 2010

Gregory Nash of Addicted To Pain

Hello out there, Modern Drummer readers, my name is Gregory Nash. I introduced myself to you last October, and since then, my original band, the Pain, has changed its name to Addicted To Pain. We’ve recorded our debut EP with…

Modern Drummer
Sep 29, 2010

Joe Morello: Rudimental Jazz

(November 2010 Issue) Revealing why rudiments remain relevant in the modern age—and how they can be applied in a limitless variety of contemporary situations—Rudimental Jazz by legendary drummer, teacher, and author Joe Morello is designed to help drummers develop their…

Modern Drummer
Sep 27, 2010

The Drummer: Classic Rock

Inside Stories Of The Greatest Players In The History Of Drumming. An educated, entertaining, essential addition to every drummer's library—and to the history of modern drumming—The Drummer: Classic Rock Collector's Edition magazine builds on content from Modern Drummer's Top-selling The…

Modern Drummer
Sep 27, 2010
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Michael Martinez of Allstar Weekend

Hi, I’m Michael Martinez and I play in a pop-rock band called Allstar Weekend. I started playing drums when I was in fifth grade at the age of ten. I joined the concert band in elementary school and played clarinet,…

Modern Drummer
Sep 26, 2010

Richie Hayward: Little Feat’s Timeless Drum Hero

Richie Hayward, the drummer in the band Little Feat since their inception in 1969, was born in Clear Lake, Iowa, and was influenced by rock ’n’ roll pioneer Earl Palmer and big-band jazz drummer Sonny Payne. In 1966 he moved…

Modern Drummer
Sep 25, 2010
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