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Eric Slick of Dr. Dog
Hey, MD readers. My name is Eric Slick, and I currently play drums for the Philadelphia group Dr. Dog. I’ll give you a brief history of my past, but I’ll intertwine it with two essential parts of making music: challenges…
“Beats, Brews, and Banter,??? Featuring Fred Berman of Amos Lee
Are you a drummer, drum educator, gear-head, or wannabe? Philly Drum Project’s monthly meet-up, Beats, Brews, and Banter, continues on Monday, October 1st at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in Philadelphia. The meet-up will run from 7pm-9pm and feature…
“Beats, Brews, and Banter,??? Featuring Touring Drummer for Lady Gaga, George "Spanky" McCurdy
Philly Drum Project will continue their monthly meet-up entitled “Beats, Brews, and Banter” on Monday, August 6th at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in West Center City Philadelphia. The meet-up will run from 7pm-9pm and feature…
“Beats, Brews, and Banter,??? Featuring Recording Engineer Kyle Pulley and Marching Percussion Instructor Mike Windish
Philly Drum Project will continue their monthly meet-up entitled “Beats, Brews, and Banter” on Monday, June 4th at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in West Center City Philadelphia. The meet-up will run from 7pm-9pm and feature…
“Beats, Brews, and Banter,??? Featuring UArts Educator and Music School Director, Marc Dicciani
Philly Drum Project will continue their monthly meet-up entitled “Beats, Brews, and Banter” on Monday, May 7th at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in West Center City Philadelphia. The meet-up will run from 7pm-9pm and feature…
Philly Drum Project Presents “Beats, Brews, and Banter,??? Featuring Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick
Philly Drum Project will launch their monthly meet-up entitled “Beats, Brews, and Banter” on Monday, April 9th at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in West Center City Philadelphia. The meet-up will run from 7pm-9pm and feature…
College Bound!
(December 2010 Issue) Planning on attending a music school? In the College Bound! feature in the December 2010 issue of Modern Drummer, you’ll learn many of the steps to take in order to apply and audition with success. Here we…
Rashied Ali : Coltrane’s Free Thinker
Rashied Ali was one of the progenitors of “free jazz” drumming, a stylization in which the typical guidelines and expectations of time and meter are ignored in favor of a looser approach that seeks to incorporate ideas of rhythm, melody,…
Brian Frasier-Moore: Born to Play
by Robyn Flans “I am not much impressed by drummers these days; I always end up preferring drum loops to live drummers. But when Brian plays, you pay attention.”–Madonna Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Ciara, Janet Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Babyface, Justin Timberlake, Backstreet…