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Justin Hanson from So They Say
Hey, MD readers, I'm Justin Hanson, and I play drums for So They Say. We're an alternative rock band based out of St. Louis, Missouri. We got together 2004 while I was still in high school, and we started touring…
Drummer Blog: Marc Norgaard
Hello, fellow drummers, from Baltimore, Maryland! My name is Marc Norgaard, and I have been running a successful drum session-via-the-Web business for a number of years. I've had the opportunity to play on everything from demos to jingles to complete…
LaFrae Sci
As a college graduate with a degree in political theory and economics, drummer LaFrae Sci decided that law school probably wasn’t in her future–once she’d been paying her rent for a year by playing drums. “I’d played drums and other…
The Fab Faux's Rich Pagano at the Beacon Theatre
Image Pagano in concert with the Fab Faux at the Beacon Theater, New York City By Billy Amendola New York City drummer Rich Pagano is way more than just a member of the hippest Beatle cover band you'll ever hear.…
Aaron Comess of Spin Doctors
When Spin Doctors parted ways with Epic Records several years ago, many wondered if we'd ever see another album from the guys who seemed to rule the early-'90s airwaves. After instant initial success, the future turned iffy, to say the…
Drori Mondlak
Sometimes the truth about drums will come to Drori Mondlak at night. He'll stay up late, long after the gig, changing heads and tuning. Sometimes it will come to him during a jog in the forest, away from inner-city New…
Dave DiCenso
Boston-based drummer Dave DiCenso has been busy the past several months. He recorded eight tracks for Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci's debut solo release, toured the States with blues-rock guitarist Johnny A, did a clinic tour with bassist Stu Hamm,…
Bobby Jarzombek
After viewing the newly released DVD Performance & Technique (Warner Bros.) from monster prog-metal drummer Bobby Jarzombek, it's easy to see why he was chosen by metal's flashiest frontman, Rob Halford, for the metal god's solo project a few years…
Pat Petrillo: Smooth, Groovin'-And Proud Of It
(October 2005 Issue) At a recent smooth jazz festival in Philadelphia, drummer Pat Petrillo was performing with guitarist Ed Hamilton when an elderly, "old school-looking" gentleman shuffled up to the bandstand and started screaming, "This ain't no @#!%# jazz! Where's…
