My name is Mark Griffith, I am a professional musician who happens to play drums. I tour, play locally, record, do clinics, masterclasses, teach, and I write. I started writing for Modern Drummer under Ron Spagnardi’s leadership 25 years ago, I came back to Modern Drummer a year ago to interview Chad Smith for his Legends book. Much to my surprise, David Frangioni and David Hakim reacted to some of my suggestions by offering me the opportunity to take the lead in the series of Legends books. I am proud that Legends has evolved into a very special series of books. A few months ago, David Frangioni and David Hakim asked me to take a stronger role in Modern Drummer and appointed me as the Editor and Director of Content for MD. MD is no longer guided by the universal phrase, “Content is King.” Our new mantra is “GREAT Content […]

April 2022 Issue