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Duet 11
Ron Spagnardi wrote a terrific book called Snare Drum Duets: 25 Duets for Two Snare Drummers. It offers a selection of 25 challenging duets that range in difficulty from relatively simple to more complex. A wide assortment of time signatures…
Out Now September 2024
Modern Drummer enjoys spotlighting new recordings that have the drums at the center of their sound. These recordings might be drummer-led, or just include a high-quality, special, or unique drumming and musical performances from the drummer and/or musicians in the band.…
November 2024 – Volume 48 • Number 11
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J-Rod Sullivan’s Janet Jackson Touring Kit
Photos by Jason Mehler Drums: Pearl Masters Maple Gum Kit in Piano Black – 7X8 rack tom, 7×10 rack tom, 8×12 rack, 16×16 floor, 16×18 floor, 18×22 kick. Snares: 6.5×14 Pearl Reference 20-ply (main), 8×14 Pearl Reference One (low), 5×12 Pearl…
Hand-Picked Vinyl September 2024
As the music world continues to see a resurgence in Vinyl (LP’s,) Vinyl Me,Please (VMP) is curating and producing some of the best vinyl remasters and pressings around. They are scouring the history of recorded music for forgotten gems and…
The Carmine Appice Motherlode
Drummer, singer, songwriter, soloist, band leader, author, educator, innovator… It’s nearly impossible to describe Carmine Appice’s massive influence on the drum world. He sits near the top of Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Drummers of All Time,…
Tandem Drums Drops
Tandem Drums has a product that you may have seen. They’re called Drops, and they are weighted felt pads, created as an alternative to sticky gel-style drum dampening pads. Modern Drummer was sent a set of Drops to check out…
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
Both, Dave Elitch and Nick Buda uttered this phrase in their interviews this month, and it’s an important one. The older readers of Modern Drummer probably know what this phrase means and have heard it a million times. But the…
It Pays To Listen
The standard advice is to listen. A common admonishment is, “You’re not listening.” There are some good quotes about listening. Malcom Forbes said, “The art of conversation lies in listening.” Stephen Covey, the author of Seven Habits of Highly Successful…
Roger Cardillo’s TJS Kit
This month’s Modern Drummer Kit of the Month comes to us from Roger Cardillo of New Jersey. Roger’s kit was custom made by Tom Shulz of TJS Custom Drums. It has six ply Maple shells in a natural finish with…
New and Notable August 2024
MORGENSTEIN TOOL, BOOM CRD™ DRUM SOUND ENHANCER, NEW SABIAN CYMBALS, STX WARM-UP/WORK-OUT PAD, NEW TRX XX SERIES CYMBALS Rod Morgenstein announces the Morgenstein Tool Morgenstein Tool is thrilled to announce that renowned drummer Rod Morgenstein will make a special appearance…
KIT Drums – Connor Denis
Kit Plugins out of Nashville, TN has been developing high quality audio plugins for several years now. Their Blackbird Studio series of plugins are regarded as some of the best available. Last month, they stepped into the drum sample world…
Dave Elitch
Getting and Staying Out of the Way Talking in-depth to Dave Elitch has been a long time coming. He’s a successful working drummer with credits like The Mars Volta, M83, Killer Be Killed, Miley Cyrus, and Weezer. He is a…
Gerry Brown: Groove Reverence
In this business NOTHING beats longevity, a big gig or two doesn’t hurt either. Drummer Gerry Brown has had all of that plus a whole lot more. Gerry had early aspirations to become a classical percussionist, but after seeing the…
