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The 4 Practice Pockets: #4. Celebrate the Wins
“Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.”-May Sarton CELEBRATE, THE FUN PRACTICE To celebrate is to refill your well of enthusiasm,…
May 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 5
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June 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 6
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April 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 4
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Exercises in African-American Funk “Mangambe”
In our ongoing introduction to Jonathan Joseph’s book Exercises in African American Funk: Mangambe, Bikutsi, and the Shuffle published by Modern Drummer we will include Jonathan’s explanation of a unique African groove, Mangambe. Today we introduce our first African element:…
July 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 7
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The Bass Drum Owners Manual: Applying the Moeller Technique to the Bass Drum
This month Modern Drummer will begin to include excerpts from Michael Packer’s essential book on bass drum control and technique The Bass Drum Owners Manual: Applying the Moeller Technique to the Bass Drum. As you will see, this is a…
August 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 8
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September 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 9
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Snare Drum Duets: Duet 1
As an ongoing tribute to Ron Spagnardi who founded Modern Drummer Publications in 1977 and was an excellent drum teacher and author in his own right, Modern Drummer has been including some of the articles, exercises, and pieces that Ron…
October 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 10
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November 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 11
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Sigtryggur Baldursson: Sugarcube Drumming, Innovative Dialog
Some drummers don’t need an introduction, and some might. Let me introduce everyone to Sigtryggur Baldursson. In the late 70s, 80s and into the early 90s there was some extremely creative pop music being made. Bands like Jellyfish, XTC, Siouxsie…
December 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 12
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