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 future, you are too radical, and no one is prepared for your revolutionary contributions and opinions. And the present is a fleeting moment that is gone as soon as you define or analyze it. Thankfully with Modern Drummer digital issues we can be much more in the present than ever before. As I write this, I am also writing an interview that will appear in Modern Drummer in two weeks. With print that could never happen! But we aren’t forgetting about the past or the future either. We are always trying to walk the line between appreciating the longevity of the drummers who have created and developed this artform of […]