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Jason Gianni
Jason Gianni is a full-time faculty member at Drummers Collective in New York City. He co-authored The Drummer’s Bible with Mick Berry, which is a guide to mastering various drumming styles, and he has recorded television and radio commercials for Toyota, Discover, McDonald’s, Showtime, and…
Donny Gruendler
Donny Gruendler has played behind such artists as Kenny Burrell, John Medeski, D.J. Logic, the Funk Brothers, and Rhett Frazier Inc. He has composed and/or played on jingles for Axe Body Spray, RE/MAX on the Boulevard, and NPR. His film/TV…
Mike Johnston
Online educator and clinician Mike Johnston began playing drums at the age of five, and he studied privately with some of the greatest educators of our time, including Peter Magadini and Steve Ferrone. At the age of twenty-one, Mike received…
George Marsh
George Marsh is a San Francisco-based jazz drummer/composer currently playing with the David Grisman Sextet. He’s recorded with John Abercrombie, Terry Riley, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Pauline Oliveros, Denny Zeitlin, Maria Muldaur, and others. Marsh teaches at the University of…
Jeff Salem
Jeff Salem is an internationally recognized drummer/educator based in Toronto, Canada. He has performed and recorded with the rock bands Fist, Sword, and Saints & Sinners; solo acts Lee Aaron, Randy Bachman, Robben Ford, and 2004 Canadian Idol winner Kalan…
Brazilian Percussion and Cultural Tour
July 28 - August 9, 2012 - Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo Professor Frank Oddis, Morehead State University, and Professor Jason Koontz, Eastern Kentucky University, are conducting a Brazilian Percussion and Cultural Tour in the summer…
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…
Jeremy Hummel
Jeremy Hummel works regularly with EVE, a guitar/bass/drums trio that plays jazz standards, contemporary jazz, and fusion, and he is musical director for Into the Spin, an eight-piece horn band that specializes in R&B, funk, and soul music. Hummel is…
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…
