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Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Gibraltar 9608-2T 2-Tone Compact Saddle Seat Throne
Gibraltar 9608-2T 2-Tone Compact Saddle Seat Throne by Miguel Monroy Gibraltar has continued to assert itself as one of the industry’s most consistent manufacturers of durable and rugged hardware. The company recently brought us new innovations such as the Quad…
Provenance Cast-Aluminum Snare
Provenance Cast-Aluminum Snare by Michael Dawson The U.K.-based Provenance Drums makes one-of-a-kind instruments out of recycled top-grade aluminum culled from discarded high-performance machines, like the engine of a Jaguar sports car, a NASA rocket, or, in the case of this…
Symphony X Iconoclast
CD/ALBUM The working man’s prog band? The thinking man’s metal band? However you want to label them, Symphony X occupy a pretty interesting corner of heavy music, and their new album, Iconoclast, is as good a place to discover their…
Eric Harland Voyager: Live By Night
CD/ALBUM Is this really Eric Harland’s first album as a leader? Recorded live in 2008 in Paris and featuring a stellar band including pianist Taylor Eigsti, the engaging post bop of Voyager: Live By Night is full of the drummer’s…
Jeff Coffin and Jeff Sipe Duet
CD Presented as a “single, stream-of-consciousness listening experience,” Duet finds Flecktones/Dave Matthews Band saxophonist Jeff Coffin and Aquarium Rescue Unit drummer Jeff Sipe engaging in a beautifully textured, free-form session using horns, drums, mallets, bells, gongs—anything and everything. Sipe’s…
Fidock Blackwood Snares
Fidock Die-Cast, Wood Hoop, and Slotless Blackwood Snare Drums by David Ciauro Australian drumsmith Stephan Fidock’s handcrafted pieces are the drumming equivalent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture, in that they embody the beauty of the environment from which they came.…
Wavemachine Labs Drumagog 5
March 2012 Electronic Review Wavemachine Labs Drumagog 5 by Butch Jones Since its inception, Drumagog has been one of the top choices for drum repair work because of its ability to accurately detect hits and then trigger samples from an…
Matt Nolan Custom Cymbals
March 2012 Product Close-Up Matt Nolan Custom Cymbals by Michael Dawson The U.K. company Matt Nolan Custom is a one-man operation, which was based in the builder’s kitchen before expanding to a separate manufacturing studio. Nolan is dedicated to creating sound…
Noble & Cooley CoolMount Tom Mount
March 2012 Product Close-Up Noble & Cooley CoolMount Tom Mount by Miguel Monroy When most drummers begin the life of a gigging musician, they’re so excited just for the opportunity to play out. As time goes on, however, and they’ve…
Dave Douglas & So Percussion Bad Mango
CD As part of the broader Greenleaf Portable Series featuring trumpeter Dave Douglas leading groups with drummers Marcus Gilmore and Nasheet Waits, Vol. 3 highlights So Percussion, bringing Douglas’s horn together with various percussion instruments for a wild concoction…
66 Drum Solos forthe Modern Drummer by Tom Hapke
BOOK/CD LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE $19.99 German drummer Tom Hapke’s newest book is a worthy learning/teaching tool set up to challenge and improve players’ technical facility, independence, and reading ability. Each of the solos or beat examples is spread across just…
MapleWorks Drumset
The review of the MapleWorks drumset is in the February 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Click below to listen.
TRX ICON Series Cymbals
Read the complete review in the February 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Click below to listen. 9" Splash 14" Hi-Hats 16" Thin Crash 17" Thin Crash 18" Medium Crash 18" Stacker 19" China…
Tom Roady: Down Home Percussionist
An interview with the late, great Nashville percussionist, which originally appeared in the May 1996 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Nineteen seventy-nine brought pressured days for Tom Roady, who was in the midst of a major life decision. After working…
