“I dare you to do better.” —Dom Famularo These were the final words I heard in my last meeting with my mentor and teacher Dom Famularo, only weeks before he passed. I’d known him almost three decades, and I’d heard this challenge before. Dom embodied this spirit in all he did, and to all who were blessed to cross his path. He challenged others to live a life of possibility and potential everywhere he went, which included over 60 countries. Drummers that traveled from around the world to his Wizdom Woodshed drum studio would see a large world map speckled with dots marking the places he’d been, those dots covered most of map. But that map also reminded Dom of where he hadn’t been, driving him to always push into new ground. Named The Global Ambassador of Drumming, by Modern Drummer founder Ron Spagnardi, Dom empowered others to stretch past […]

December 2023 Issue