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Jan Web Update News
Ringo Starr’s seventeenth solo studio record, Ringo 2012, will be released on January 31 in the United States and January 30 internationally. The album, which was produced by Starr, was recorded in L.A. and mixed in England by Ringo…
THOMAS LANG DEBUTS FIRST ANNUAL ‘BIG DRUM BONANZA’
JUNE 25TH – 29TH Unique 5-Day Music Education Camp Features Special Guest Instructors Including World Renowned Drummer Virgil Donati Acclaimed drummer Thomas Lang (stOrk/Asia/John Wetton), has announced the first annual Thomas Lang’s Big Drum Bonanza, scheduled for June 25th -29th…
The Living Arts Apprenticeship Program (LAAP) Dates Announced
10 Day Live-On-the-Land Cross-Disciplinary Arts Intensive Located in New York’s Catskill Mountains June 14-24 This summer Sound Chemistry Records is offering its seventh apprenticeship with a focus on drum-set study (Amir Ziv), Aikido (Gadi Shorr), and music composition (Jordan…
Nashville’s Kevin Murphy
Hello there, Modern Drummers! I’m Kevin Murphy, drummer for Tonic (rock) and Randy Houser (country), posting from the road, cramming ten songs into my head for a show tonight for an unsigned artist’s last-minute gig. Such events aren’t anomalies; in…
Marc Dicciani
Marc Dicciani is Dean of the College of Performing Arts and is Professor of Drumset and Music Business at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has made concert appearances with a wide variety of artists and ensembles, including…
Jim Riley - Hand Foot Pattern Sixlet
Jim is the drummer and bandleader for multi-platinum group Rascal Flatts. His recording credits include Rascal Flatts’ multi-platinum disc Me and My Gang, EA Sports’ Madden NFL 11, Brian McKnight’s Ten, and a track on the soundtrack to Hannah Montana:…
Chuck Silverman
Chuck Silverman is one of the world’s leading exponents of Cuban and Brazilian drumming, and he recently produced an e-Book and video documenting the snare drum techniques of legendary teachers Murray Spivack and Richard Wilson. Silverman also released the instructional…
Mike Sorrentino
Mike Sorrentino has performed with Joe Lynn Turner, Zebra, Ritchie Blackmore, Allan Toussaint, Mary Wilson, and James Fox, and in Broadway productions of Movin’ Out, Grease, and In the Heights. Sorrentino also played on the Movin’ Out international tour, and…
A World Class Drum Camp in the Heart of Saskatchewan
The Stickman Drum Experience is a multi-day drum camp providing a one of a kind experience for drummers of a wide range of ages and abilities. The main objective of this camp is for players to learn, jam and…
Joe Connolly of Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys
What up, Modern Drummer family! I can’t tell you how excited I was when asked to be a part of the blog. I have been reading Modern Drummer since I was twelve years old! Hope you enjoy getting to know…
25 Great Double-Drumming Tracks
This article originally ran in the February 2007 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. by Adam Budofsky Two drummers working it out, face to face—trading licks, contributing to a massive groove, spurring each other on—it’s one of the great musical…
Jimi Hendrix: New CDs and DVDs
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Winterland (4 CDs) Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix in the West (CD) Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (DVD) Jimi Hendrix: Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight (DVD) It was Jimi Hendrix’s overriding artistic…
Three of NYC’s Most Innovative and In-Demand Drummers Plan February 9th Concert at Rockwood Music Hall
Mark Guiliana's "Beat Music", Aaron Comess (w/Teddy Kumpel & Richard Hammond) and Mister Barrington (with Zach Danzinger) Together for $10 Ticket On February 9th in at Rockwood Music Hall, three of New York’s most innovative and in-demand drummers will join…
Mastodon’s Brann Dailor on The Hunter: Change Is Good
by David Ciauro Perhaps the Mayans were right after all. The End of Days must be upon us when we live in a world that finds the Atlanta-based metal band Mastodon’s latest album, The Hunter, debuting on Billboard’s top…
