Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Charles Haynes
Charles Haynes is a true drumming multi-talent. The forty-year-old Boston resident has toured the globe with the pop stars Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, and Queen Latifah. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Great ’80s Drum Performances, Part 1
The era known as the ’80s, roughly the period between the dawn of punk and rap in the late ’70s and the rise of indie rock and hair metal in the middle of the next decade, was a time of…
Jazz Drummer's Workshop - Jazz Comping With Quarter-Note Triplets
In this lesson we’ll liven up our jazz comping with offbeat quarter-note triplets. We’ll incorporate this grouping into a swing feel, apply it to four- and eight-bar phrases, and move it around the drumset. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE…
Steven Wolf
The modern-day hit-making machine has all the chops you’d want, grooves like a feel-good metronome, and programs drum parts that make you think, Are those real drums…or is it programmed? Most of the time, it’s both. TO READ THE FULL…
Dr. Dog's Eric Slick goes solo, Josh Eppard tours with Coheed and Cambria, and more
Dr. Dog's Eric Slick goes solo, Josh Eppard tours with Coheed and Cambria, and more TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Setting Sights: Navene Koperweis
After taking time away from doing the band thing to focus on his solo electronic project, Navene K, the multi-instrumentalist is relishing the struggle of leading a group again. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Billy Thomas - The Time Jumper
Seeing as he’s got a recording and touring résumé as long as your arm, you’d think the longtime Vince Gill sidekick would have done pretty much everything there is to do as a first-call Nashville cat. But like they say,…
BØRNS’ Kristen Gleeson-Prata
With so many different paths that might lead to a full-time drumming gig today, it could seem daunting for aspiring professional players to choose the best road to take. The drummer for the indie/psychedelic pop songwriter BØRNS is proving that…
Sean Noonan
Independence might be the ruling concept of this drummer/leader’s career. It defines a common relationship not only among his hands, feet, and voice, but between his art and almost everything else in drumland. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO…
And Editor's Overview - Signal to Noise
When I first started playing drums, the challenge was finding enough credible content, whether in the form of method books, magazine articles, or instructional videos, to help me understand exactly what skills and tools I would need in order to…
What Do You Know About...Mel Brown?
Portland, Oregon, gave a young child the gift of music. The kid took that gift with him to Detroit, and proceeded to elevate the music of some of the greatest performers of all time. Back home, he’s repaid the debt…
On The Cover - Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa
If the dominant theme of drumming in the twenty-first century is the blurring of lines—playing versus programming, online versus on stage, tradition versus exploration, band membership versus freelance work—then here is a player who stands tall as a gleaming reminder…
Strictly Technique - Swiss Rudiments
Welcome to the first of a four-part series on Swiss rudiments and Basel drumming. In this lesson I’ll focus on some specialties of the Basel style that aren’t usually included in the standard list of forty Percussive Arts Society rudiments.…
Product Close-Up - Roland TD-25KV and V-Drums Kits
Roland recently made some changes to its V-Drums lineup, including discontinuing the TD-15 series and adding two mid-level kits with the TD-25 module. This new series capitalizes on a lot of the technology found in Roland’s flagship TD-30 line, but…
