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Drummer Blog: Penny Serfs’ Kyle Lewis on Teching Your Own Gear
Hi everyone! This is Kyle Lewis from the Penny Serfs. We are an Iowa-based, indie-pop band excited to release our new album, Like Eating Glass, on January 20, 2015. Not only am I drumming for the Penny Serfs, but I’ve…
Drummer Blog: Crucified Barbara’s Nicki Wicked on Finding Her Rhythm, Past Shows, and Future Plans
Hello from Sweden! My name is Nicki and I play drums in the band Crucified Barbara. We’re a four-piece hard rock band from Stockholm, and we formed the band in 1998. We found each other through music and directly became…
Cannibal and the Headhunters’ Robert Zapata Talks Influences, New Album, and Tour
Hello, Modern Drummer blog reader. My name is Robert Zapata, and I have been the drummer for Cannibal and the Headhunters for forty-six years now. For those who don’t know the group you might know the song “Land of a…
The Kickback’s Ryan Farnham on Teaching and Touring
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Ryan, but at the moment I am going by Mr. F because I am sitting in front of thirty fifteen-year-olds in a Chicago high school math class. Substitute teaching has been a great…
Drummer Blog: Oxymorrons’ Matty Mayz on Hip-Hop and Keeping Things Groovy
Hey, guys! This is Matty Mayz, drummer of the alternative hip-hop group Oxymorrons. At the moment, we are finishing up our new EP, Complex But Basic, and looking to start hitting the road heavy in early 2015. I just wanted…
Drummer Blog: Elvis Monroe’s Ryan MacMillan Talks Vegas Residency and First Single
Hello, my fellow drummers. I just wanted to give you all an update on what I have been doing lately. I started a new band called Elvis Monroe a couple years ago with some friends from various other bands—Ben Carey…
Such Gold’s Matt Covey Deconstructs “Faced??? from The New Sidewalk
Hello, MD readers! “Faced” should feel like a sophisticated pop song cloaked in the sounds and forward-motion of a melodic hardcore punk band. In other words, we strived to use the sound of fury in the service of craft songwriting.…
Drummer Blog: Trace Adkins Band’s Johnny Richardson on Keeping an Open Mind and Having a Battle Plan
Greetings, Modern Drummer universe! Johnny Richardson from the Trace Adkins band here, checking in from the road. As our regular touring season winds down, I thought this would be a good time for my second MD blog. As I write…
Drummer Blog: The Lawsuits' Josh Friedman on Keeping Things Fresh and Exciting
Hi! I’ve been playing with the Lawsuits out of Philadelphia since 2009, and I can confidently say I’ve grown the most as a musician while playing with this group. Early on, I always thought I had to play with a…
Drummer Blog: Fictionist’s Aaron Anderson on Being a Left-Handed Player in a Right-Handed World
All my life I’ve been told I play the drums wrong. After nearly every show, people come up to me to ask why I play the way I do. So let me take a second to describe why my setup…
Drummer Blog: Magnolia Memoir’s Keith Crutchfield on Tying Together Passion and Entrepreneurship
Hello, my modern (and old-school) drummer friends. The drums have been a passion since I was a kid, and Modern Drummer has always been there for me. So writing this blog for you guys really is an honor. The drums…
Drummer Blog: This Legend's Longineu Parsons III on Preparing and Playing Live
Drummer Longineu Parsons III and This Legend. Photo by Chris Parsons. Hi, MD friends, I am Longineu Parsons III, the former Yellowcard drummer. I recently formed a brand new band, This Legend. Playing drums has always been a huge…
Drummer Blog: Paul Amorese of goodbyemotel Talks New Single, Album, and Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-gJMFI_AM&feature=youtu.be Hi, MD blog readers! My name is Paul Amorese, and I am a professional drummer based in New York City and now a full-time member of the Aussie rock group goodbyemotel. I grew up in Rochester, New York, and…
Drummer Blog: Papa Roach’s Tony Palermo Discusses New Album and Tour (w/VIDEO)
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Tony Palermo, and I play for the band Papa Roach. We are currently awaiting the release of our eighth record, titled F.E.A.R. (Face Everything and Rise). It is scheduled for a January 2015…
