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Catching Up With…Simon Phillips

Life after Toto is no walk in the park for this drummer—it’s more like an all-out sprint, with plenty of deep grooves and technical wizardry to go around.

by Ilya Stemkovsky
Feb 23, 2017

Greg Wells

How does a kid from small-town Canada end up playing drums on records by Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Pink, Greg Holden, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mayer Hawthorne, and global superstar Mika? TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN

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Feb 23, 2017

Adam Rudolph

In the liner notes to the album Turning Towards the Light, Adam Rudolph comments on one of his compositions, explaining, “a triple-diminished cosmogram is explored.” Of another track, he notes, “In this orchestral narrative, entities of macro or micro electro-magnetic…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

Teacher's Forum - Education Through a Different Lens

As music educators, we have the duty of teaching our students all the technical and rudimentary things that pertain to our particular instruments. But as artists, we have the gift to go above and beyond the basics to teach our…

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Feb 23, 2017

Josh Block

For ten years he plied his trade with the adventurous Texas rock band White Denim. Recently he’s dedicated his significant playing, engineering, and producing skills to the Grammy-nominated old-soul singer Leon Bridges. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…

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Feb 23, 2017
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TEACHER’S FORUM - Teaching Young Children

Nothing is more exciting than watching new students enter my teaching studio for the first time and seeing them react to all the drums, cymbals, percussion, and posters. It’s like a candy store for them—they want to indulge and eat…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017

BASICS - Advanced Disco

BASICS Advanced Disco Beyond Four on the Floor by Rich Redmond Disco, a style of music popularized in the 1970s, launched dance crazes, drove up record sales, and sometimes caused a lot of frustration among the era’s working drummers. (Some…

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Feb 23, 2017

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP - Dunnett Dreamtime Snare Drums

One of the standout products launched at this past Winter NAMM was a collaboration between notable Queensland builder Paul Warry of Metro Drums and Vancouver-based master craftsman Ronn Dunnett of Dunnett Classic/George Way Drums to build top-shelf snares from some…

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Feb 23, 2017

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP - Bone Custom

Bone Custom has been handcrafting drums in Slovenia since 2005. This year it launched the Essence series, which is designed to be more affordable without sacrificing the high-end quality and bold look that Bone employs on its custom-shop kits. TO…

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Feb 23, 2017

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP - Cymbomute

Many drummers struggle to figure out how to practice quietly. Whether we live in an apartment complex or in a house with young children, we don’t always have the opportunity to practice at normal volume. TO READ THE FULL STORY:…

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Feb 23, 2017

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP - Innovative Percussion

Innovative Percussion, one of the leading manufacturers of professional-grade percussion mallets, beaters, and drumsticks, recently added two products to its catalog that are poised to become go-to choices for many drummers, regardless of playing style or musical genre. TO READ…

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Feb 23, 2017

Tru Tuner - Rapid Drumhead Replacement System

Regardless of where you stand on whether we actually tune or simply tension drums, an indisputable fact is that we have to remove and replace tension rods one at a time, or two if you use two drum keys, when…

Miguel Monroy
Feb 23, 2017
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Innovative Percussion - Artist Signature Sticks

Highly regarded for manufacturing some of the finest keyboard and timpani mallets for concert and marching players, Innovative Percussion also offers a range of drumset sticks for jazz, big band, studio, rock, Latin, and other contemporary styles. TO READ THE…

Michael Dawson
Feb 23, 2017

Hendrix - Archetype Series Snare Drum

The Archetype series from Hendrix Drums is a high-end line of ultra-thin stave-shell snares. The company claims that the drums, with their exotic woods and world-class hardware, are some of the most versatile on the market. TO READ THE FULL…

Miguel Monroy
Feb 23, 2017
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