A Different View
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Bassist Antoine Fafard, Composing for the Great Modern Drummers
After ten recordings that have featured some of the greatest modern drummers ever, bassist and composer extraordinaire Antoine Fafard has a story to tell. He began by leading, touring, and recording five records with his own Canadian fusion band Spaced…
Les Claypool: Inside the Interstellar Drum Derby
When Primus lost their drummer (again,) this time it was different. For a band that’s always had a knack for finding unique and brilliant rhythm players, there was suddenly… no plan. No backup. No “oh, we’ll just call this guy.”…
Jimmy Cliff
For half a century, on record, on stage, and on the silver screen, he’s represented the breadth and depth of Jamaican music as fully as anyone. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
A Different View: Steve Hackett
The Genesis guitarist, who helped shape some of the most enduring music to come out of England in the ’70s, continues the unique and painstaking re-creation of his rich body of work. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Mark Egan
Mark Egan is one of the most highly regarded bassists in the history of electric jazz. Performing and recording with many of the prominent drummers of our time—a short list would include Steve Gadd, Jack DeJohnette, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff “Tain”…
Mike Porcaro
August 5, 2012, was the twentieth anniversary of revered studio and stage drummer Jeff Porcaro’s untimely passing.
Russ Titelman
The man at the helm of classic tracks like Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” and Randy Newman’s “Rednecks,” and Eric Clapton’s Unplugged and Journeyman albums, takes us inside the making of a hit. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
A Different View: Merrill Garbus
A Different View Merrill Garbus She describes her band as “a three-person rhythm section where two people are making up the drumkit for a lot of the time.” The leader of Tune-Yards is obviously willing to go pretty far out…
A Different View - Steven Wilson
A Different View Steven Wilson The modern-prog giant has the skills and musicality to manipulate sounds like it’s no one’s business. Which makes it all the more wondrous—and honorable—how little futzing he actually does with the drum tracks on his…
A Different View - John Tropea
A Different View John Tropea The New York–born, Berklee-trained guitarist is part of a small circle of musicians who basically owned the Manhattan studio scene in the ’70s, and whose influence is still being felt today. Drum gods? Yeah, he’s…
Up And Coming: The Drummers Of School of Rock: The Musical
In 2003, Jack Black played down-on-his luck guitarist Dewey Finn in the feature film School of Rock. The comedian was surrounded by a talented cast of child actors playing fourth-graders attempting to win a battle of the bands to help…
