Gerald Heyward
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The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 25: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Gerald Heyward
Another week, another MD Podcast! Join David Frangioni & Billy Amendola talking with “The Godfather” himself, Gerald Heyward. Gerald talks about re-inventing himself in the “new norm,” as well as recording with Rob Thomas & Michael Jackson. Gerald spent most…
Latin Percussion Hosts New York and Los Angeles Artist Events
Latin Percussion (LP) recently hosted artist “family reunion” events in both New York and Los Angeles. LP artists were joined by staff and executives from LP’s parent company Drum Workshop, Inc. to celebrate the legacy and to toast the future…
Roland Showcase Makes a Big Splash in the Big Apple
Roland US hosted an East Coast VIP Showcase on September 21 to highlight the many products that were unveiled at its twenty-four hour global online music festival “The Future. Redefined.” Nearly two hundred respected musicians, engineers, leading retailers, members of…
Marvin McQuitty, Jr. Documentary Premiere
Marvin McQuitty, Jr. - The Man, The Musician, The Mentor The Marvin McQuitty documentary will share the story of Marvin as a pioneer at the highest level in the music industry showing how he set the tone for many of…
Gerald Heyward at Guitar Center’s 2012 Drum-Off Grand Finals
Watch Gerald Heyward’s performance at the 2012 Guitar Center Drum-Off Grand Finals, which were held at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on January 19, 2013. And check out this recent post featuring Gerald talking about one of his favorite…
MD Pro Panelist Gerald Heyward on Vinnie Colaiuta
Hi MD! I’m excited about the latest issue and I want to let you know that Vinnie Colaiuta is one of my top-five favorite drummers! I started listening to him and watching him closely after the Zildjian Day video. He…
Paul Nicholasen’s Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp Experience
Hello, MD readers! I want to share my brush with greatness with you. I’m an amateur drummer who was lucky enough to be sent to David Fishof’s Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Philadelphia by my wife. The camp was…
Brandon Mullen of The New Stylistics
Hi, everyone! My name is Brandon “D’Erick Anthony” Mullen, and I was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in May of 1985. God has blessed me with this gift of music since the age of four. Allow me to tell you…
Gorden Campbell: Blog
Wassup, MD readers! I hope this blog finds all of you doing well! My name is Gorden Campbell and I live in Los Angeles, California. I grew up in a small city just north of Manhattan called Newburgh, N.Y. Newburgh…
Fantastic Four: From The Church To The Shed
From The Church To The Shed by Billy Amendola We continue our conversation with R&B’s Fantastic Four–Gerald Heyward, Aaron Spears, Cora Coleman-Dunham, and Nisan Stewart, who appear together on the cover of July’s Modern Drummer magazine and on DW’s…
