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Tim Northup: The Northup Drum Museum, Come on in and PLAY!

During my years of touring, I have been to just about every musical museum in the world, and I know (and respect) people who collect things. But the one thing I have never liked about either, is the tendency to…

By Mark Griffith
Jul 31, 2022

Ash Soan: It’s All Music!

He’s played on the Olympics with Mike Oldfield, the British version of The Voice for seven years, toured with Del Amitri, Squeeze, Faithless, The Waterboys and Mike Scott, Will Young, James Morrison, Marianne Faithfull, Sinead O’ Connor, recorded with everyone…

By Mark Griffith
Jul 31, 2022

Meinl’s Pure Alloy Custom 20" & 22" Medium Thin Rides

Warm, Somewhat Dark, and Extremely Articulate The folks at Meinl sent over one of their Pure Alloy Custom Medium Thin Rides for us to look at, and we’re glad they did. Unlike the Byzance line which is hand hammered in…

By Brian Hill
Jul 31, 2022

Offset Eclipse Double Bass Drum Pedal

I have played on a double bass kit from a young age. I had two 24″ bass drums with one of those hoop clamps for the hi hat stand so I could fold the legs and set up the hi…

By Jim Toscano and Nic Kubes
Jul 31, 2022

Dunnett acquires Intellectual Property Rights to Milestone Percussion

Ronn Dunnett is pleased to announced he has acquired the intellectual property rights to iconic Canadian drum company Milestone Percussion. Milestone Percussion was founded in Vancouver in the early 1970’s by Michael Clapham. At the time. Milestone quickly became the…

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Jul 31, 2022
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Gretsch Drums Introduces the USA Custom Ridgeland Snare Drum and New Colors For USA Custom, Broadkaster & Brooklyn

Gretsch Drums proudly introduces the USA Custom Ridgeland Snare drum to their celebrated range of snare of drums. At almost half-inch thick and made from a fusion of woods, this new drum has a sound that is warm, powerful and…

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Jul 31, 2022

Evans introduces dB One Heads and Cymbals

EVANS Drumheads, the most technologically advanced drumheads on earth, is introducing a revolutionary new suite of products, dB reduced volume drumheads and cymbals. The dB product suite includes dB Zero, a rebrand of the popular SoundOff mesh drumheads, and the…

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Jul 31, 2022

Cardiovascular Fitness for Strength and Longevity

In my series of articles, under the “Health, Wellness, and Drumming” section of Modern Drummer, we have explored the many of the benefits of weight training and maintaining healthy musculature. This is done to keep our joints pain free so…

By James Petercsak
Jul 31, 2022

The Next So-and-So!

I’m tempted to begin each of my new Modern Drummer columns by writing “With everything else that’s going on in the world…” because the unrelenting news cycles force me to question the relative importance of an artistic particular or a…

By Peter Erskine
Jul 31, 2022

1997 Satin Emerald Green DW Kit

Mick McDermott plays classic country as well as classic rock, Western swing, and some Les Paul and Mary Ford for good measure on his 1997 DW kit refinished in satin emerald green by Spinelli Drums in St. Petersburg, FL. The…

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Jul 31, 2022

Past, Present, and Future

Music, drumming, and art (in general) is about past, present, and future. It’s a fine line to walk. If you are too much in the past, you are an out of touch dinosaur. If you are too much in the…

Modern Drummer
Jul 31, 2022

July 2022 - Volume 46 • Number 7

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Jun 30, 2022
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Alan White June 14, 1949 - May 26, 2022

Alan White is best known as the drummer for the legendary English progressive rock band Yes. But his career was much more than that. Before his days with Yes, Alan contributed his groove to recordings by John Lennon, George Harrison,…

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Jun 30, 2022

Joey Kramer’s Aerosmith Nine Lives tour kit

The Drum Workshop Collector’s Series kit shown here was created for Joey Kramer’s use on Aerosmith Nine Lives tour. The tour ran from May 1997 to July 1999, and included dates in North America, Canada, Japan, and 14 European countries.…

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Jun 30, 2022
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