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On the Beat With Drummer/Educator Steve Fidyk: The Making of Allied Forces
Hello, On the Beat readers. Steve Fidyk here. You may be familiar with the column Jazz Drummers Workshop that I have been contributing to for the past five years in Modern Drummer magazine. I’ve also been performing as a member…
On the Beat With Ivar Loe Bjornstad of the Hedvig Mollestad Trio: 6 Tips on Practicing and Playing
Hi MD! My name is Ivar Loe Bjornstad and I’d like to share a few words about some things I consider important. Always remember why you play. Sometimes I really want to grab an ax and smash my drums, set…
Evan Chapman of Square Peg Round Hole: Juniper Album, “Name Not One Man??? Video World Premiere
Square Peg Round Hole, from left: Sean M. Gill, Evan Chapman, Carlos Pacheco-Perez by Willie Rose With Juniper, instrumental and percussion-heavy trio Square Peg Round Hole unleashes pondering melodies, brooding harmonic landscapes, and forward-thinking rhythms. Here, the group’s main…
On Tour With Chris Turner of Oceans Ate Alaska
by Willie Rose Since its debut release Lost Isles landed in early 2015, British technical metalcore band Oceans Ate Alaska has enjoyed a relatively accelerated rise in popularity. The group, driven by primary composer and chop-blurring drummer Chris Turner,…
Alex Shelnutt of A Day to Remember on Bad Vibrations
by Willie Rose Metal and pop-punk mainstays A Day to Remember are getting set to release their sixth studio album, Bad Vibrations, in early September. MD Online asked drummer Alex Shelnutt, the band’s powerful backbone, about the influences…
