Firstly, NO, I’m not calling anyone “old!” However, it is possible that no issue of Modern Drummer portrays the idea and the relationship of old and new, better than this month’s issue. What more can be said about Max and Jay Weinberg, they simultaneously represent music of the past, music of today, and music of the future. It was fun to spend time with both of them while talking (and learning) about old and new music, drummers, ideas, and philosophies. I was left with the thought that maybe some things in life are just timeless, and are neither old or new. The 2023 Modern Drummer Readers Poll is always an interesting study of old and new. We see that the future of drumming is in very good shape with younger drummers like Elijah Wood, Sarah Jones, CJ Thompson, Paulina “Pau” Villarreal Velez, and Kristina Rybalchenko, and with the work The […]