Although much of what I’ll share here in this month’s overview is echoed over and over throughout this issue, I’ll speak on behalf of my team and me, the inside Modern Drummer family, many of whom were close to Taylor. It was with great sadness that we have lost a great far too soon. This month’s issue of Modern Drummer is a deeply respectful tribute to Taylor Hawkins, a legend, wonderful person, musician, and drummer. Taylor was not only a great friend of Modern Drummer but beloved and admired by the entire drumming community worldwide. I personally just corresponded with him on some ideas we were discussing for collaboration, then out of nowhere, I learned of his untimely death. Shock, sadness, grief, disbelief all needed to be processed. My phone literally didn’t stop receiving messages and calls regarding the news, and everyone felt the same overwhelming sentiment of losing Taylor […]

May 2022 Issue