George Lawrence Stone was a legendary drum teacher and musician, one of his prize pupils was Joe Morello. Joe carried on Stone’s valuable teachings and added his valuable insights in his books Master Studies and Master Studies II. This month, Modern Drummer will start offering some of Joe Morello’s most valuable teaching concepts and wisdom from those books, beginning with an outstanding endurance exercise called The Stone “Killer” from Master Studies. Today, the legendary Joe Morello also has many prize pupils involved in drumming. Many of them are carrying the drumming torch of George Lawrence Stone and Joe Morello in their own teachings. Some of them are even adding to the tradition of Stone and Morello with their own concepts and interpretations. Modern Drummer encourages you to seek out one of Joe’s gifted students who is teaching today, when you are working on Joe’s drumming and musical concepts and exercises. […]

September 2022 Issue