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Drum Workshop Joins Roland Corporation
Combining two of the world’s best acoustic and electronic drum companies to focus on delivering new innovation for drummers; Drum Workshop will operate as a standalone unit with pioneering founders retaining leadership positions. Roland is the leading global manufacturer of…
“The Little Things”
First impressions can be deceiving, but they can also be quite revealing. When it comes to music, we will often form an opinion or judgement based on just a few notes’ worth of playing. Most recently, I auditioned a drummer…
Mapex MyDenity is no Gimikk
This month Modern Drummer’s Kit of the Month comes to us from Josh Tilton. It is a Mapex MyDenity series kit. He uses it for his band Gimikk which plays music from 70’s classic rock to modern pop. In speaking…
The Old and The New
As this month’s issue was coming together, I thought of the interesting mix of features that we have. There is no newer and more cutting-edge drummer and producer around today than Butch Vig. His use of electronics with his drumming…
September 2022 - Volume 46 • Number 9
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Ginger Baker’s Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 2015 Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp Kit
In 2015 Ginger Baker took part in that year’s edition of the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, where campers are mentored by legendary rock musicians- with whom they get to perform at the end of the camp. Citing the pain…
1928 Ludwig Black Beauty Moose Drum Trap Set
Let’s take a trip back in time to the year 1928, the early jazz age. Drummer Jack “Peacock” Kelly, of Chicago’s Mark Fisher Orchestra, is one of the world’s highest paid drummers. Jack is featured on the cover of the…
October 1978 - Volume 2 • Number 4
Steve Gadd, Art Blakey, Peter Erskine TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Realistic 9/8 Time
Continuing Modern Drummer’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Carmine Appice’s Ultimate Realistic Rock book, this month we present one of the bonus sections that was included in Ultimate Realistic Rock, and not included in the original text of Realistic…
Double Bass Drumming Single Stroke System
This month we will continue with a section from Joe Franco’s groundbreaking book, Double Bass Drumming. This month Modern Drummer are including Joe’s explanation of double bass fills using his Single Stroke System, and include several of Joe’s fantastic sounding…
Joe Morello: Master Studies
George Lawrence Stone was a legendary drum teacher and musician, one of his prize pupils was Joe Morello. Joe carried on Stone’s valuable teachings and added his valuable insights in his books Master Studies and Master Studies II. This month,…
Sound Design Part 2: The Microcosm Effects Pedal
In Part 2 of this Sound Design Series, we will explore the use of hardware effects pedals as a means of processing drum and percussion sounds. In Part 1 of this series, we focused on computer-based effects plugins used in…
October 1977 - Volume 1 • Number 4
Lenny White, Badal Roy, Butch Miles, Max Roach, Terri Lyne Carrington, Garry Marshall TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Accent Options
Drum Channel and I would like to share something with you that I created called accent options. This is a warmup or rudimental exercise that I like to use. You can take any rudiment that has an accent and apply…
