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Drum Workshop’s Don Lombardi and John Good and Roland’s Masahiro Minowa: A New Team for 50 More Years of Innovation
By Alex Kluft
On 01st Jan 2023
Upon the news of the purchase of Drum Workshop by Roland, and in celebration of Drum Workshop’s 50th Anniversary, Modern Drummer is excited to sit down with the primary players in this new musical dream team: Don Lombardi,John Good, and Roland’s Chief Innovation Officer Masahiro Minowa. MD: First of all, Modern Drummer would like to wish you a Happy 50th Anniversary on DW. How has the company grown in 50 years, what is different today from its inception? DL: The company has grown from one to a couple hundred employees and nothing has really changed since the inception. Our philosophy and the excitement that we have about going to work and what we do every day was the same back then as it is now, except now we have a lot more people to help us. JG: And they all sing from the same hymnal. That’s what I love! We’ve […]