Drummer Blogs

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  • Hi, <i>Modern Drummer</i> readers! I’m Jen Hoeft, pro drummer, author, and yoga instructor based in Nashville, Tennessee. Drumming is my golden thread and weaves through my life in a constant, magical, shiny, solid, mystical, and groovy way.0November 15, 2011

    Drummer/Wellness Trainer Jen Hoeft

    Hi, Modern Drummer readers! I’m Jen Hoeft, pro drummer, author, and yoga instructor based in Nashville, Tennessee. Drumming is my golden thread and weaves through my life in a constant, magical, shiny, solid, mystical, and groovy way.

  • Hi, <i>MD</i> friends, I’m Taylor Hughes, and I play drums in the band Car Party. I’ve been drumming for the past five years, but my musical experience goes back sixteen years. I’ve always loved music and always wanted to play the drums.0November 10, 2011

    Taylor Hughes of Car Party

    Hi, MD friends, I’m Taylor Hughes, and I play drums in the band Car Party. I’ve been drumming for the past five years, but my musical experience goes back sixteen years. I’ve always loved music and always wanted to play the drums.

  • My name is Josh Garza. I play with the Secret Machines and I have also started a new project called Electric Flower. I always considered TSM a “space-rock” band, following in the footsteps of acts like Brian Eno, La Dusseldorf, Can, and early Flaming Lips. I gravitate towards playing heavy motorik beats with a splash of Zeppelin groove.0November 9, 2011

    Josh Garza with Electric Flower

    My name is Josh Garza. I play with the Secret Machines and I have also started a new project called Electric Flower. I always considered TSM a “space-rock” band, following in the footsteps of acts like Brian Eno, La Dusseldorf, Can, and early Flaming Lips. I gravitate towards playing heavy motorik beats with a splash of Zeppelin groove.

  • Things have changed so much in the past ten years—in general, and for me personally, in the way I interface with the music industry. I feel like those ten years have progressed in a very different and far more varied way than the ten years that passed before them.2November 7, 2011

    Atma Anur

    Things have changed so much in the past ten years—in general, and for me personally, in the way I interface with the music industry. I feel like those ten years have progressed in a very different and far more varied way than the ten years that passed before them.

  • It’s 2003. Me and my band Textures are performing our first shows in Holland. Alongside Dillinger Escape Plan and Meshuggah, the press calls us “a new phenomenon,” math metal. Writing some riffs with random digits on a whiteboard, we experimented a lot with weird polyrhythms and time signatures. It would become a cornerstone of the booming genre to come.4November 7, 2011

    Stef Broks of Textures, Exivious, and Cube X

    It’s 2003. Me and my band Textures are performing our first shows in Holland. Alongside Dillinger Escape Plan and Meshuggah, the press calls us “a new phenomenon,” math metal. Writing some riffs with random digits on a whiteboard, we experimented a lot with weird polyrhythms and time signatures. It would become a cornerstone of the booming genre to come.

  • Hey, everyone! This is Chris “Gartdrumm” Gartmann from the band 3. I’m very excited to be blogging to you from the <i>MD</i> home page and also very much pumped about our new record, <i>The Ghost You Gave to Me</i>. Simply put, it’s our best yet!1November 3, 2011

    Chris Gartmann of 3

    Hey, everyone! This is Chris “Gartdrumm” Gartmann from the band 3. I’m very excited to be blogging to you from the MD home page and also very much pumped about our new record, The Ghost You Gave to Me. Simply put, it’s our best yet!

  • Drummers are truly gifted people. Each of us has been given the opportunity to explore and engage ourselves on an instrument that is at the primal core of our human experience.0November 2, 2011

    Sosohuman’s Bobby Angilletta

    Drummers are truly gifted people. Each of us has been given the opportunity to explore and engage ourselves on an instrument that is at the primal core of our human experience.

  • <i>Until I Feel Nothing</i>, Carnifex’s fourth record, was released on October 24. A lot of people have asked me if I’m happy with it, and the answer is, Yes, I am! It has some of the best songs we’ve ever written. Will you like it? I hope so. 0October 26, 2011

    Shawn Cameron of Carnifex

    Until I Feel Nothing, Carnifex’s fourth record, was released on October 24. A lot of people have asked me if I’m happy with it, and the answer is, Yes, I am! It has some of the best songs we’ve ever written. Will you like it? I hope so.

  • Hi, fellow modern drummers! Life has been incredibly busy in Nashville lately, so I’ll try to give a short version of what’s going on in the “hamster wheel.”0October 24, 2011

    Tommy Harden with Reba McEntire

    Hi, fellow modern drummers! Life has been incredibly busy in Nashville lately, so I’ll try to give a short version of what’s going on in the “hamster wheel.”

  • Hi, everyone! It’s Jayson Brinkworth here, from the Regina Drum Festival in Saskatchewan, Canada. Our first annual event wrapped up on September 17 and went down as a huge success.Our Friday night local showcase featured amazing performances by the Kyle Grimsrud-Manz Trio, Ya La Habibi tribal dancers with Skin and Bone, Ross Bart, Chris Dimas, Ross Bearman, Rob D., Kory Gibbs, and the Sound Society.2October 24, 2011

    Jayson Brinkworth of the Regina Drum Festival

    Hi, everyone! It’s Jayson Brinkworth here, from the Regina Drum Festival in Saskatchewan, Canada. Our first annual event wrapped up on September 17 and went down as a huge success.Our Friday night local showcase featured amazing performances by the Kyle Grimsrud-Manz Trio, Ya La Habibi tribal dancers with Skin and Bone, Ross Bart, Chris Dimas, Ross Bearman, Rob D., Kory Gibbs, and the Sound Society.

  • When I was really young my parents took me horseback riding, and the sound and feel of the rhythm got stuck in my head. It was then I knew I wanted to play drums. I come from a musical family: My mom was the lead singer/songwriter in an alt-rock band, and my dad was a...0October 19, 2011

    Nia Lovelis of Cherri Bomb

    When I was really young my parents took me horseback riding, and the sound and feel of the rhythm got stuck in my head. It was then I knew I wanted to play drums. I come from a musical family: My mom was the lead singer/songwriter in an alt-rock band, and my dad was a…

  • Hello, MD! It is a great honor to tell you that I will be inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame. I am truly humbled. There are so many people to thank, especially my mother. That’s right, mom! When I saw Ringo on TV as a kid, I knew I wanted to be...0October 19, 2011

    Gene Markiewicz

    Hello, MD! It is a great honor to tell you that I will be inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame. I am truly humbled. There are so many people to thank, especially my mother. That’s right, mom! When I saw Ringo on TV as a kid, I knew I wanted to be…

  • Hello, <i>MD</i> readers! It’s BooM (Rick Steel). I still remember the last time I spoke with <i>Modern Drummer</i> founder Ron Spagnardi. After receiving a copy of his latest drum book at the time, I called to thank him.0October 14, 2011

    Rick Steel

    Hello, MD readers! It’s BooM (Rick Steel). I still remember the last time I spoke with Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi. After receiving a copy of his latest drum book at the time, I called to thank him.

  • I’m Cortney DeAugustine, from California’s capital city, Sacramento. Like you, I LOVE DRUMS! I love to play them, fix them, build them, tune them, buy them, sell them, and most of all ROCK THEM!1October 11, 2011

    Michael Lee Firkins’ Touring Drummer Cortney DeAugustine

    I’m Cortney DeAugustine, from California’s capital city, Sacramento. Like you, I LOVE DRUMS! I love to play them, fix them, build them, tune them, buy them, sell them, and most of all ROCK THEM!

  • My name is Carlos Skinfill, and I’m currently living in Los Angeles, California, working as music producer and host of the Worship TV channel. I started playing drums and keyboards when I was twelve years old while listening to my mom’s record collection.0October 7, 2011

    Carlos Skinfill

    My name is Carlos Skinfill, and I’m currently living in Los Angeles, California, working as music producer and host of the Worship TV channel. I started playing drums and keyboards when I was twelve years old while listening to my mom’s record collection.

  • Shinedown’s Barry Kerch—runner-up in the Rock category of <i>Modern Drummer</i>’s 2010 Readers Poll—recently entered the studio to start work on the follow-up to the band’s platinum-selling breakout album <i>The Sound of Madness</i>. Here Barry and drum tech Mike Fasano give us a glimpse of the gear Barry is recording with—and treat us to a bit of mischief.1October 7, 2011

    In The Studio With Shinedown’s Barry Kerch

    Shinedown’s Barry Kerch—runner-up in the Rock category of Modern Drummer’s 2010 Readers Poll—recently entered the studio to start work on the follow-up to the band’s platinum-selling breakout album The Sound of Madness. Here Barry and drum tech Mike Fasano give us a glimpse of the gear Barry is recording with—and treat us to a bit of mischief.

  • My name is Eric Choi, and I play drums for We Came As Romans. I was born in Detroit and raised in a nearby suburb, Troy, where the band and I got together early summer of ’06. Despite our young age at the time (I was the youngest member at fifteen, our average age being sixteen)...2October 4, 2011

    Eric Choi of We Came As Romans

    My name is Eric Choi, and I play drums for We Came As Romans. I was born in Detroit and raised in a nearby suburb, Troy, where the band and I got together early summer of ’06. Despite our young age at the time (I was the youngest member at fifteen, our average age being sixteen)…

  • It’s been a while since my last blog for <i>Modern Drummer</i>, and a lot has happened with the music of the Dear Hunter since then. I’ve also upgraded my drumset and cymbals. Since my last update, the Dear Hunter has released <i>The Color Spectrum</i>, a conceptually based release that is comprised of nine separate EPs...0September 30, 2011

    Nick Crescenzo of the Dear Hunter

    It’s been a while since my last blog for Modern Drummer, and a lot has happened with the music of the Dear Hunter since then. I’ve also upgraded my drumset and cymbals. Since my last update, the Dear Hunter has released The Color Spectrum, a conceptually based release that is comprised of nine separate EPs…

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