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Win A Copy Of blessthefall's New Release Hollow Bodies
Alternative Press has listed Hollow Bodies as their “Most Anticipated” album of 2013. For the album, the band commissioned producer Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Of Mice & Men) to record it. The record features three guest…
Matt Traynor of blessthefall
Hi, I’m Matt Traynor, drummer of blessthefall. I have been rocking the skins since 2000, so it’s been thirteen years. I first started off idolizing Travis Barker of Blink 182, banging on tabletops with taped-up chopsticks. My first real drumkit…
Vinny Appice to Conduct Free Drum Clinic and Performance
Presented by GoDpsMusic Live and ddrum, Vinny Appice will perform at the GoDpsMusic pro artist showroom Friday, August 30 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm PST. GoDpsMusic is located at 810 Lawrence Drive, Ste. 128, Newbury Park, CA 91320. Highlights…
Hair Bands and Metal Drummers Stick it to Breast Cancer!
Venues in Corpus Christi, Dallas, and Fort Worth will host the Crash Gordon’s Breast Cancer Can Stick It! fundraiser, which will include block parties, concerts, raffles, silent auctions sponsored by Diamonds in the Rough Sports Memorabilia, contests, food and beverage…
Mike Kennedy of the Wonder Years
http://youtu.be/zqmU8-6wqrM Hello there! My name is Mike Kennedy, and I am a twenty-five-year-old drummer for the band the Wonder Years. This is my first ever blog with Modern Drummer, and I couldn’t be more excited. As any one that knows…
Rock Perspectives: Double Bass Workout, Part 2: Grooves
(From the September 2013 issue) Rock Perspectives Double Bass Workout Part 2: Grooves by Todd Vinciguerra In this lesson we’ll explore some challenging yet practical double bass grooves. We’re mixing 16th notes, 16th-note triplets, 32nd notes, and 32nd-note triplets. Remember…
Melanie Krahmer of Sirsy
Hi MD! My name is Melanie Krahmer, and I love drumming! Unlike many other artists, I picked up my first pair of drumsticks out of necessity for the band. Sirsy started as a simple, acoustic duo with my co-writer, band…
The Goo Goo Dolls’ Mike Malinin Discusses Magnetic Track by Track
by Billy Amendola For Mike Malinin and his bandmates in the Goo Goo Dolls—bassist Robby Takac and singer/guitarist John Rzeznik—having their tenth album, Magnetic, debut at number eight on Billboard’s Top 200 chart shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Grammy-nominated…
Jonathan Scales Fourquestra
The cover art’s mirror-reverse title script and fanciful imagery seem to suggest we’re down the rabbit hole. Maybe not Wonderland, but certainly an alternate universe. Inventive steel pan player Jonathan Scales delivers a disc that’s dazzling, shaded with surprising sonorities,…
Modern Drummer’s Greatest Drummers of All Time Poll
Modern Drummer magazine is assembling a historic list of the fifty greatest drummers of all time. To do that, we’re asking you to tell us who your personal top ten choices are. Once the voting is closed, we’ll tabulate all…
Joey Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ Coffee Available at Big Y
Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ organic coffee line will soon grace the shelves of all fifty-nine Big Y locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Big Y, a family-owned and family-oriented retail food company based in Springfield, MA, is home…
Anton Fig Signs With Evans and PureSound
Longtime Late Show With David Letterman drummer Anton Fig recently joined the artist rosters for Evans drumheads and PureSound accessories. Fig has appeared on the nightly CBS program since 1986, and during this tenure he has played with dozens of…
Universal Percussion to Host Open House
Universal Percussion will be hosting an open house for consumers and dealers at its Columbiana, Ohio headquarters on Sunday, September 8, 2013. Dealers will be able to sell reduced-priced instruments to consumers in attendance as well as purchase inventory through…
Greiner and Kilmer Drum Company Launched
August Burns Red’s Matt Greiner and drum maker Kaleb Kilmer have teamed up and announced the formation of the Greiner and Kilmer drum company. The new company’s first designs, which are said to combine Greiner’s drumming passion and Kilmer’s building…
