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Jon Karel of The Number 12 Looks Like You
The greatest experience being on tour for me, is the bond you form with the other drummers. It all starts the same way. You're a little stand-off-ish at first. You admire each other's chops from a distance. By the end…
Joe Halberstadt of Foxy Shazam
My father was a drummer, so I've been playing since I was old enough to grip sticks. I got my first drumkit when I was seven, and started taking lessons the same year. I've always had an extreme passion for…
Antonio Chiappetta of King Farook
Hey, MD readers. This is my first blog, and my first opportunity to say hello and introduce myself. King Farook is my band, and we're based in Sydney and tour Australia extensively. I've been playing and working on music for…
Brian Kelley
Hello, my name is Brian Kelley, and this is my first blog for Modern Drummer. It's an honor to be asked to contribute. I live in the Boston area and make my living as a musician teaching drums, playing gigs…
Dee Pop of The Bush Tetras
As with most people around my age (born in '56), my heroes were Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa (who both seemed to turn up regularly on variety television shows), Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts, Mitch Mitchell (who got me into Elvin!),…
Mark Dodge of The Leslie Pintchik Trio
Hi there, this is my first blog for Modern Drummer, and I'm excited to talk to everyone about The Leslie Pintchik Trio and our most recent album, Quartets, which is due out October 9th. Leslie Pintchik is a jazz pianist…
Drummer Blog: Aaron Siegel
I play in a band called White, Blue, Yellow And Clouds. It was a band long before I joined it. They had two tapes with do-wop covers and experiments involving crude reverb loops. My friend from college, Matt Bauder, is…
Santiago Cabakian of AplanadorA
Hello, people at Modern Drummer, it's a pleasure for me to tell you the way I've been trying to survive musically in this little big-hearted country in Latin America called Uruguay. Logically, this country's good heart and friendly people are…
Drummer Blog: James Windsor-Wells
Hello, Modern Drummer readers! I have been asked to write an entry about the new Hans Blix album, What's The Highest Number You Can Think Of? For those of you who are not familiar with us, Hans Blix's music is…
LA Drummer/Instructor Pamela Manganaro
Hi, MD readers, my name is Pamela Manganaro, and I'm a drummer/teacher in Los Angeles. I'd like to share my experience and hopefully encourage more women to play drums. In 1989 Drum Workshop vice-president John Good asked me if I…
Peter Wilkinson of The Saints
Looking For New England: Confessions Of A Drummer On The Road With The Saints Greetings, tub-thumpers. The good people at Modern Drummer magazine have asked me to write a few words about our upcoming tour of the East Coast and…
Robin Russell
Greetings, everyone! It's been well over a year since my last submission to the MD blog, and it's good to be back. My all-drum CD Drum Beats (available @ cdbaby.com/robinrussell) has been selling well, and I am in the process…
Drummer Blog: Chris Parker
The new Suzy Bogguss album, Sweet Danger, was recorded at Bennett Studios in Englewood, New Jersey. The studio is the old train station, and it's filled with a freight-load of Tony Bennett's great musical vibes. It's a really cool place…
Drummer Blog: Billy Atwell
Hey MD community! Billy Atwell here checking in from scenic NJ at the hub of NYC. I'm happy to have been asked to contribute to the MD blog page. There's some great drummers with great stories and advice here, that's…
