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Terri Lyne Carrington Performs “Mosaic Triad??? at the Tokyo Jazz Festival
Watch Terri Lyne Carrington and her band, featuring Esperanza Spalding, Ingrid Jensen, Helen Sung, and Tineke Postma, perform “Mosaic Triad” at the Tokyo Jazz Festival. Terri will be among the twelve world-renowned drummers on Modern Drummer’s prestigious Pro Panel for…
Navene Koperweis and Animals as Leaders launch second in-the-studio video exclusively on moderndrummer.com (UPDATED).
The January 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine will feature an interview with Navene Koperweis, drummer of the progressive instrumental band Animals as Leaders. AAL is gearing up for the release of their Koperweis-produced second album, Weightless, which hits shelves…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Brush Workshop, Part 2 (VIDEO)
December 2011 Rock & Jazz Clinic Brush Workshop Part 2: Half-Circle Motion by Florian Alexandru-Zorn A goal of mine has been to play with brushes and think not in terms of patterns but in a more musical way, transferring all…
The Invisible Drums of Demian Kappenstein and Marc Bangert
Drummer Demian Kappenstein and scientist Marc Bangert, Ph.D., from Dresden, Germany, have developed an invisible drumset, fulfilling, they say, all the needs of a professional drummer. The set even features invisible foot switches that one can use to apply effects…
Neil Peart Taking Center StageDVD Review
DVD LEVEL: ALL $39.99 This jam-packed DVD follows Neil Peart during Rush’s 2010/11 Time Machine tour, featuring an entire two-and-a-half-hour concert, with cameras focused exclusively on the drums and a Neil-heavy audio mix. Each song from the concert is…
In The Studio With Shinedown’s Barry Kerch (VIDEO)
In the June 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, Shinedown’s Barry Kerch talks at length about the making of Amaryllis, the follow-up to the band’s platinum-selling breakout album The Sound of Madness. Here’s a clip that Barry and drum tech Mike Fasano…
Gospel and R&B DrummingHosted by Jeff Davis
DVD LEVEL: ALL $14.99 Narrator/host Jeff Davis is a gospel/R&B great who knows that a lot of very dynamic, funky drummers started playing in church. His comments throughout the main part of this DVD, and in the bonus scenes,…
Drummer to Drummer: Jimmy Chamberlin and William Mohler (w/ VIDEO)
As the original drummer in Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin established himself as a kit-smith with burning chops and the ability to come up with signature drum hooks. In 2000, following the breakup of the Pumpkins, the drummer made his debut…
Wicked BeatsFeaturing Gil Sharone
DVD LEVEL: ALL $24.99 Wicked Beats lives up to its name. Gil Sharone’s enthusiasm for Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae is contagious, and he offers ample practical and technical knowledge here. Sharone keeps it all within reach, demonstrating, for…
Richard Christy: “Admire the Heroes??? Studio Footage
Richard Christy Performs “Admire the Heroes” from Cold Winds on Timeless Days, the New Album by Charred Walls of the Damned The December issue of Modern Drummer magazine contains an Update story on Richard Christy. In it, the drummer and leader…
Drummer Bobby Jarzombek New Drum Cam Studio Footage
Drummer Bobby Jarzombek, whose credits include Fates Warning, Riot, Sebastian Bach, and Halford, has posted new drum cam studio footage for the tracks “Any Given Day” and “On the Fence” from the new Arch/Matheos album, Sympathetic Resonance. In addition to…
Mark Heaney in the Studio with Gang of Four and more
Drummer Mark Heaney and seminal British post-punk band Gang of Four recently performed a prerecorded set and interview for Bob Harris at the Maida Vale studios in London to celebrate the forty-year anniversary of the TV music program Old Grey…
Ostinato Studies, Part 2: Cross-Rhythms
November 2011 Drum Soloist Ostinato Studies Part 2: Cross-Rhythms by Jason Gianni Here is the video that we are using as the basis for the concepts we’re exploring in our Ostinato Studies article series. Check out the first installment in…
Florian Alexandru-Zorn Announces Clinic Dates
Check out the video preview of Florian Alexandru-Zorn's clinics and see the dates after the jump. Florian Alexandru-Zorn Clinic & Masterclass Dates Date Location Venue/Info Nov. 7, 2011 Seminole, FL Seminole FL Music Store - Music and Sound Master Classes and Clinic…
