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Showroom: Gibraltar Launches Second-Generation Strap-Drive Cajon Pedal
Gibraltar’s Second Generation Strap Drive cajon pedal allows the drummer to use a cajon like a bass drum. Changes include fixed-position cable housings that keep the cable in-line, along with fixed-adjust CAM drives. Ken Fredenberg, Gibraltar’s Director of Product, said,…
Latin Percussion Icon Milton Cardona Remembered
by Victor Rendón and Ken Ross On September 19, 2014, Milton Cardona, a fixture of the New York salsa and Latin-jazz scene, passed away of heart failure. He was sixty-nine. Cardona, a Puerto Rican who grew up in…
Drummer Blog: Penny Serfs’ Kyle Lewis on Teching Your Own Gear
Hi everyone! This is Kyle Lewis from the Penny Serfs. We are an Iowa-based, indie-pop band excited to release our new album, Like Eating Glass, on January 20, 2015. Not only am I drumming for the Penny Serfs, but I’ve…
Product Close-Up: Gretsch Catalina Ash Drumset (December 2014 Issue)
This review of Gretsch’s Catalina Ash kit originally appeared in the December 2014 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Revived and revised, the latest mid-price offering from one of the most historic names in drums just got that much better. …
Basics: Radio Beats (From the January 2015 Issue)
Radio Beats 7 Real-World Applications of Essential, Time-Honored Grooves by Rich Redmond In this month’s article, we take a look at some popular grooves on country radio right now. All of them are variations of what I call “money beats,”…
Listen to the Drumming on Spotify: Great Tracks From MD's January 2015 Issue
Our January 2015 Spotify Playlist covers the usual gamut, including important jazz tracks from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and today; lots of rock from the classic to the contemporary; and much more. Get it all right here. …
Drummer Blog: Crucified Barbara’s Nicki Wicked on Finding Her Rhythm, Past Shows, and Future Plans
Hello from Sweden! My name is Nicki and I play drums in the band Crucified Barbara. We’re a four-piece hard rock band from Stockholm, and we formed the band in 1998. We found each other through music and directly became…
What You Need to Know About...Drumsticks
This article originally ran in the May/June 2010 issue of Drum Business. by Fran Azzarto Drumsticks aren’t overly mystifying, yet there is information that you should be able to draw from when choosing a particular size or…
Supertramp’s Bob Siebenberg
Reflecting on the fortieth anniversary of the band’s classic Crime of the Century album by Adam Budofsky Supertramp has always been tough to categorize. Is it a pop band with a fondness for complex arrangements, a progressive-rock band…
Showroom: Revolution Drum’s 2nd Generation Firefly Drum Key
The redesigned Firefly drum key features a wider and more ergonomic handle for increased torque and comfort, a smoother and more precise silent ratcheting system, and a red anodized-aluminum handle to help locate in dark rooms. The second-generation Firefly drum…
Cannibal and the Headhunters’ Robert Zapata Talks Influences, New Album, and Tour
Hello, Modern Drummer blog reader. My name is Robert Zapata, and I have been the drummer for Cannibal and the Headhunters for forty-six years now. For those who don’t know the group you might know the song “Land of a…
Electronic Insights: Drum Miking 101, Part 1: Single-Microphone Setups (From the January 2015 Issue)
by John Emrich In this series of articles we’ll look at how to mike a drumset, starting with a single microphone and adding one each time until we arrive at a complete close-mike configuration. The idea behind the series is…
The Kickback’s Ryan Farnham on Teaching and Touring
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Ryan, but at the moment I am going by Mr. F because I am sitting in front of thirty fifteen-year-olds in a Chicago high school math class. Substitute teaching has been a great…
News: Guitar Center’s 26th-Annual Drum-Off Finals Brings Together Legendary Drummers to Celebrate the Nation’s Best Undiscovered Talent
Guitar Center’s 26th Annual Drum-Off finals will take place January 17, 2014 at 8 pm at Club Nokia at LA Live, 800 W Olympic Blvd # 335, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Five talented drummers from across the country have been…
