Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Rival SonsPressure and Time
CD This album’s easy to love. As enjoyable as Jack White’s recent foray into funky, riff-tastic garage rock with the Dead Weather has been, Rival Sons seem to inhabit that world even more comfortably. Bathed in a hugely enjoyable…
Taye Brushed Black-Nickel Brass Snare Drums
The first model released in Taye’s MetalWorks snare drum series is a 5x14 brushed black-nickel brass model with matching 2.3 mm counterhoops ($499). The drum, which is said to have a sound that combines sharp attack, rich body, and mellow…
Billy Higgins: The Shape of Jazz
Billy Higgins, who would come to play on more than five hundred albums, including three of the biggest jazz crossover hits of the 1960s (Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder,” and Eddie Harris’s “Freedom Jazz Dance”), was born…
Billy Ward on New Chris Shinn Project
Billy Ward, renowned drummer, educator, and long-time Modern Drummercontributor, has been working with a stellar group of musicians in Nashville on the new project featuring Chris Shinn, singer of the band Unified Theory. Check out the videos for the upcoming…
Chris Pennie Leaves Coheed and Cambria
This week it was announced that drummer Chris Pennie has parted ways with the hard-rock band Coheed and Cambria, which he joined in 2007. Pennie, a 2011 Modern Drummer Pro Panelist, played on the group’s 2010 album, Year of the…
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…
Jim Riley's Drum Dojo
Take a Tour of Rascal Flatts drummer Jim Riley's Nashville Teaching Studio in this video.
Sosohuman’s Bobby Angilletta
Hi, MD readers, Bobby A here! 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. The landscape for…
Roland V-Tour Series V-Drums
Roland’s TD-9KX2 ($3,199, right) and TD-9K2 ($2,299, below) kits include an updated TD-9 sound module, which contains more than thirty new expressive sounds and dozens of new kits. The update also adds the ability to play MP3 files via USB…
Freddie Gruber
Right up until his passing on October 11, Freddie Gruber was a source of deep and important knowledge for many top drummers. This piece from the January 1996 issue of Modern Drummer, by one of his most accomplished students,…
Don Brewer
As heartland rock icon Bob Seger tours arenas across the United States, we revisit our September 1999 interview with his longtime sidekick Don Brewer, who’s beloved among drummers for his classic work with Grand Funk Railroad. by Adam Budofsky Don…
Gannin Arnold Project5 World Class Drummers
DVD LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED $24.95 Fusion guitarist Gannin Arnold assembles five badass stickmen to wail on his Jeff Beck-inspired material. The resulting two-DVD set is an often-fascinating look at the different approaches, ideas, and emphasis that each player…
Pearl Throne Thumper
A two-year development partnership between Pearl and Guitammer has resulted in the Throne Thumper, a device that allows drummers to feel low frequencies transmitted through their drum seat. List price: $499. pearldrum.com
Modern Drummer Festival™ 2011 DVD
The Hudson Music team was on hand once again to capture all the action as the Modern Drummer Festival 2011 took place at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. In a program packed with amazing performances and insightful educational…
