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Audix DP-QUAD Mic Pack
Designed specifically for drums and percussion, the DP-QUAD mic pack contains a combination of microphones needed to capture the depth and imaging of a full drumkit. Featuring a D6 large dynamic mic for the bass drum, an i5 dynamic mic…
Back Through The Stack Teddy Campbell
This article originally ran in the September 2005 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. For access to all of the great editorial from MD’s first twenty-six years of publication, check out our Digital Archive. by Billy Amendola Out of…
Bill Block, Creator of the Short Film The Drummer
I wrote and directed a short film called The Drummer. It’s about a cathartic day in the life of a down-on-his-luck drummer named Dave. Dave doesn’t say much in the film (he’s got maybe three lines), but he doesn’t need…
Watch the short film The Drummer by Bill Block
Excerpt taken from Vimeo. Written and directed by Bill Block Defeated and alone, Dave wanders the streets in the early hours of his 40th birthday. His great love is music... from a long forgotten era… and he has dedicated…
LP Bongo Cajon and Giovanni Series Prestige Timbales
The Bongo Cajon is compact in size (15.75" long by 7" wide) and features lightweight plywood construction. The instrument’s textured sides are contoured to fit comfortably on a player’s lap or to be held between the knees in the traditional…
Jason Holmes of Black Taxi
Hello to the Modern Drummer blogosphere! This is my first blog here, with hopefully many more to come. My name is Jason Holmes, and I play drums in a band called Black Taxi. We all live, work, and rehearse in…
The video for "Rawzz," from the upcoming second Mister Barrington album featuring Zach Danziger
Watch the video for “Rawzz,” from the upcoming second Mister Barrington album featuring Zach Danziger. Click here to take a quick peak at Zach Danziger tracking “Frank’s Drebin” for the upcoming album by Mister Barrington.
Dave Douglas & So Percussion Bad Mango
CD As part of the broader Greenleaf Portable Series featuring trumpeter Dave Douglas leading groups with drummers Marcus Gilmore and Nasheet Waits, Vol. 3 highlights So Percussion, bringing Douglas’s horn together with various percussion instruments for a wild concoction…
Mike Portnoy Involved in New Supergroup, Flying Colors. Debut CD due soon.
The Mascot Label Group has announced a March 27 release date for the debut from Flying Colors (available the day prior overseas) on their Music Theories Label. The band, whose stated purpose is to pair virtuoso musicians and a pop…
Chris DeRosa
Greetings, Modern Drummer readers! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. I wanted to mention a few words about a wonderful experience I had recently. I was asked by ShareTheMic and the U.S. Embassy…
Taye Stainless Steel Snare Drum
The latest installment in Taye’s MetalWorks snare drum series features a 6.5x14 heavy-gauge stainless steel beaded shell, coupled with long vintage-style tube lugs. List price: $459.99. tayedrums.com
Haitian Drumming by Tiga Jean-Baptiste to Be Featured at Free Event in NYC on January 20
On Friday, January 20, from 7:30 till 9 p.m., a free performance of music and spoken word, titled Heart of Haiti, will be held at the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, Manhattan.…
Mel Lewis: A Quiet Fire
This is an adaptation of the Mel Lewis In Memoriam article that ran in the June 1990 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Often, when Mel Lewis was playing with his Jazz Orchestra, he would break into this little smile.…
Bob Pantella of Riotgod, Monster Magnet, and Atomic Bitchwax
Hello, brothers and sisters. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog for MD Online. Last time, I was playing in four different bands and ran a recording studio. Well, I’m glad to say the same is still true.…
