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  • Most people could care less about what it means to be passionate and creative in the world of music. Even fewer musicians put this passion and creativity into practice.0May 20, 2013

    Nick Krivchenia of Armed With Legs

    Most people could care less about what it means to be passionate and creative in the world of music. Even fewer musicians put this passion and creativity into practice.

  • My name is Jamey Tate, and I am a Los Angeles–based studio and touring drummer....0May 17, 2013

    Jamey Tate

    My name is Jamey Tate, and I am a Los Angeles–based studio and touring drummer….

  • For those of you who are new to us, we’re a five-piece progressive band who’ve grown up on a varied musical diet of everything from Pink Floyd to Meshuggah....10May 15, 2013

    Jay Postones of TesseracT

    For those of you who are new to us, we’re a five-piece progressive band who’ve grown up on a varied musical diet of everything from Pink Floyd to Meshuggah….

  • I have always been surrounded by music. My father had an amazing five-octave vocal range, and my mother was a shredding Flamenco guitarist. I guess you could say music is in my blood....4May 13, 2013

    Ruston Grosse of Surgeon

    I have always been surrounded by music. My father had an amazing five-octave vocal range, and my mother was a shredding Flamenco guitarist. I guess you could say music is in my blood….

  • Hi, <em>MD</em> readers! I have had many firsts in the past year as the drummer for Alabaster....1May 10, 2013

    Dwayne Scott of Alabaster

    Hi, MD readers! I have had many firsts in the past year as the drummer for Alabaster….

  • After many years of touring, recording, and being a hired gun in all manners of playing situations, I’ve finally met my match—fronting my own band from behind the kit while handling lead vocal duty....8May 8, 2013

    Deacon Washington of Ghostwork

    After many years of touring, recording, and being a hired gun in all manners of playing situations, I’ve finally met my match—fronting my own band from behind the kit while handling lead vocal duty….

  • Hello <em>Modern Drummer</em> readers. My name is Manny Kellough, and I am known mostly as the original drummer for Billy Preston.... 0May 6, 2013

    Manny Kellough of Billy Preston

    Hello Modern Drummer readers. My name is Manny Kellough, and I am known mostly as the original drummer for Billy Preston….

  • Hey, everybody! Fred Eltringham here. First of all, I have been playing drums with Sheryl Crow for the past year and absolutely loving it.1May 3, 2013

    Fred Eltringham

    Hey, everybody! Fred Eltringham here. First of all, I have been playing drums with Sheryl Crow for the past year and absolutely loving it.

  • I originally started playing drums because I wanted to record other drummers, and since then I’ve have had the chance to record singles, EPs, and albums....0May 1, 2013

    Peter Seeba of Slave Grave, Dreamend, and the Casket Girls

    I originally started playing drums because I wanted to record other drummers, and since then I’ve have had the chance to record singles, EPs, and albums….

  • Hey, everyone! Andrew Tkaczyk from the Ghost Inside here. Just checking in after a long three-month tour through Europe and the U.S. Feels good to be home and relax for a while!0April 29, 2013

    Andrew Tkaczyk of the Ghost Inside

    Hey, everyone! Andrew Tkaczyk from the Ghost Inside here. Just checking in after a long three-month tour through Europe and the U.S. Feels good to be home and relax for a while!

  • The South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference started out in the late 1980s as a showcase for the Austin music scene and unsigned bands but has expanded wildly into a ten-day affair.1April 25, 2013

    MD columnist Stephen Bidwell at SXSW

    The South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference started out in the late 1980s as a showcase for the Austin music scene and unsigned bands but has expanded wildly into a ten-day affair.

  • What’s up <em>MD</em>? My name is Brandon Richter. I am a straightedge twenty-three-year-old from Orange County, California. I play for the band Motionless In White.9April 23, 2013

    Brandon Richter of Motionless In White

    What’s up MD? My name is Brandon Richter. I am a straightedge twenty-three-year-old from Orange County, California. I play for the band Motionless In White.

  • Hi everyone! With all the attention that Sound City Studios is getting these days, I was reminded of all the good times and long nights I spent there.0April 22, 2013

    Ross Garfield of Drum Doctors

    Hi everyone! With all the attention that Sound City Studios is getting these days, I was reminded of all the good times and long nights I spent there.

  • I’m in a band called Everything Everything, which is based in Manchester, England. We’ve been lucky enough to play all over the world, including the United States recently.0April 19, 2013

    Michael Spearman of Everything Everything

    I’m in a band called Everything Everything, which is based in Manchester, England. We’ve been lucky enough to play all over the world, including the United States recently.

  • As a newly hired faculty member at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, I thought it would be interesting to convey to the reader how I got here. The answer is to practice, diversify, and never stop learning.1April 17, 2013

    Drummer/Educator Sam Ruttenberg

    As a newly hired faculty member at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, I thought it would be interesting to convey to the reader how I got here. The answer is to practice, diversify, and never stop learning.

  • Pinback has been traveling constantly this past year in support of the new album, Information Retrieved. We were planning the final leg of our US tour when the opportunity came up to play on Jimmy Fallon’s show in New York. The tour had been planned originally as a mostly southern US tour, so we had to do some creative re-routing to fit it in....2April 15, 2013

    Chris Prescott of Pinback

    Pinback has been traveling constantly this past year in support of the new album, Information Retrieved. We were planning the final leg of our US tour when the opportunity came up to play on Jimmy Fallon’s show in New York. The tour had been planned originally as a mostly southern US tour, so we had to do some creative re-routing to fit it in….

  • I just returned from an amazing week in Las Vegas, where I was a counselor at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. I had no idea what to expect, other than it sure sounded like something I’d like to do. 3April 10, 2013

    Joe Vitale

    I just returned from an amazing week in Las Vegas, where I was a counselor at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. I had no idea what to expect, other than it sure sounded like something I’d like to do.

  • I last wrote a blog for moderndrummer.com in 2009, when Owl’s debut album came out, and I wanted to share a little about our latest recording, The Right Thing, due out April 9.3April 8, 2013

    Owl’s Dan Dinsmore

    I last wrote a blog for moderndrummer.com in 2009, when Owl’s debut album came out, and I wanted to share a little about our latest recording, The Right Thing, due out April 9.

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