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Dixon Custom Cherry Collection and Matrix Green Outlaw Drumset
Dixon’s new Custom Cherry Collection features drums made of a combination of cherry and mahogany. The lacquered shells are 9-ply (7.3 mm) with 45-degree bearing edges, black hardware, and 1.6 mm hoops. Kits are available in four- and five-piece configurations,…
Mick Fleetwood and Nicole Atkins Come Together to Launch Cabo Wabo Tequila's "Off the Record" Conversation Series
The Original Rock ‘n Roll Tequila Partners Rock Royalty With Rock’s Future to Share Untold Stories of Music Industry Beginnings Mick Fleetwood, founder of chart colossus Fleetwood Mac, and singer-songwriter ingénue, Nicole Atkins, have been tapped as the first acts…
Sabian Gives Drummers the Ability to Choose the Brand’s Next Four Cymbal Models
Sabian Players’ Choice program allows drummers to choose the cymbal company’s 2012 product offerings. With the introduction of Players’ Choice, Sabian is providing a forum that allows drummers from around the world to choose its 2012 product offering. According to the company,…
Bid On a Remo Buffalo Drum Signed by Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr has autographed three 14" Remo Buffalo Frame Drums that will be auctioned off to benefit Southern California nonprofit Arts and Services for Disabled (ASD) in Long Beach, California. Bidding began online on October 7 at www.biddingforgood.com/asd and continues for…
Michael Lee Firkins' Touring Drummer Cortney DeAugustine
Greetings, MD fans and fellow drummers! 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!…
Neil Peart Taking Center StageDVD Review
DVD LEVEL: ALL $39.99 This jam-packed DVD follows Neil Peart during Rush’s 2010/11 Time Machine tour, featuring an entire two-and-a-half-hour concert, with cameras focused exclusively on the drums and a Neil-heavy audio mix. Each song from the concert is…
On the Beaten Path: Beginning Drumset Course, Levels 1, 2, and 3 by Rich Lackowski
BOOK/CDs LEVEL: BEGINNER $9.99 Here’s an interesting approach to learning how to play drums: starting right off (practically) copping beats that are part of the everyday musical landscape. In Level 1, Lackowski aims to win young hands and hearts…
Todd Sucherman Methods & Mechanics II
DVD LEVEL: ALL $29.99 Conceived in very much the same manner as Sucherman’s original Methods & Mechanics video, which won the award for Best Instructional DVD in the 2009 Modern Drummer Readers Poll, M&M II is a smorgasbord of…
In The Studio With Shinedown’s Barry Kerch (VIDEO)
In the June 2012 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, Shinedown’s Barry Kerch talks at length about the making of Amaryllis, the follow-up to the band’s platinum-selling breakout album The Sound of Madness. Here’s a clip that Barry and drum tech Mike Fasano…
Brady Walkabout Series Additions
The Walkabout series is the personal project of Brady Drums founder Chris Brady, who travels deep into the remote deserts and forests of Australia to hand-select small amounts of rare, indigenous timbers, which are then handcrafted into limited editions, rarities,…
Gospel and R&B DrummingHosted by Jeff Davis
DVD LEVEL: ALL $14.99 Narrator/host Jeff Davis is a gospel/R&B great who knows that a lot of very dynamic, funky drummers started playing in church. His comments throughout the main part of this DVD, and in the bonus scenes,…
Drummer to Drummer: Jimmy Chamberlin and William Mohler (w/ VIDEO)
As the original drummer in Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Chamberlin established himself as a kit-smith with burning chops and the ability to come up with signature drum hooks. In 2000, following the breakup of the Pumpkins, the drummer made his debut…
John Sferra And Tom Shelley Team Up In Clinic
Unique Presentation Will Be Part Of Big Beat World Drumming Record Attempt In a special format that literally promises “something for everyone,” drum great John Sferra and percussionist (and Universal Percussion president) Tom Shelley will appear in clinic together this…
New Bill Bruford Speaking Dates And Limited-Edition Autobiography
Bill Bruford, the recently retired drummer whose groundbreaking work with Yes, King Crimson, and Earthworks has earned him the respect of generations of drummers, has announced additional dates for his ongoing speaking engagement tour. There is no hands-on drumming in…
