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Jeroen Elfferich
Hi, everyone. My name is Jeroen Elfferich, and I am a professional drummer from The Netherlands. I specialize in uneven rhythms/odd grooves. My goal is to get musicians/drummers interested in different grooves because we always hear the 4/4 bar. During…
Mike Bennett with Hillary Duff
What's up, MD readers! It's been awhile since my last blog, and I wanted to say hello. I spent all of 2007 on the road playing percussion with pop singer Hilary Duff. We toured the world and played all over…
Matt North
I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. Last October, I played a gig in New York at Greenwich Village's Mo' Pitkins. Before leaving Los Angeles, I was told the club had a gorgeous Slingerland house drumset–just bring cymbals.…
Dom Famularo
Hello, MD readers. 2007 was another jammed year of traveling. Fifteen countries, and many of them more than once! Here are some highlights: The Ultimate Drummers Weekend in Australia was a great event. There are some DVDs to check out,…
Frank Funaro Tour Blog
Happy New Year, fellow MD readers. I'm honored to have been asked to do a blog for MD Online, and I decided to go with a road-blog. I'm currently in rehearsals and pre-production for the next Cracker record (Yes, I…
Scotty Gee of LoveHateHero
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."–Harry S. Truman After reading a couple of drummers' posts on here, there is a point that I want to stress, that no one else in mentioning. As with most…
Dylan Wissing
2007 was an extremely busy year for me. I played eighty-four shows in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New Orleans, with several recording projects and a zillion songwriting sessions and rehearsals. I'm keeping a current schedule and blog at myspace.com/dylanwissing.…
Anthony Biuso Blog
Hey, MD, my name is Anthony Biuso from (hed) p.e. My friends, oddly enough, call me Tiny Bubz. If you've found your way to my blog, then you must be like me: I live and breathe drums and drumming! I've…
Craig Pilo with Frankie Valli
Hello, MD readers! It's always a pleasure to punch in with my fellow drummers and the MD community. We are all fortunate to belong to a group that takes interest in one another, shares and swaps ideas, and above all,…
John Zox
Greetings, Modern Drummers! I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you about my band, ZOX, my experience as its drummer for the past six years, and our new, third album, Line In The Sand. Allow me to give you…
Mike Najarian of State Radio
Hello, everybody, my name is Mike Najarian and I play in the band State Radio from Boston, Massachusetts. We just recorded an album at Real World Studios in Box, England with the infamous mastermind producer Tchad Blake, and I would…
Steven Spence of Black Tide
Hey, everyone, my name is Steven Spence, and I'm the drummer in Black Tide. We're an old-school metal band based out of Miami, Florida, and we just finished up an eight-week tour with A7X. Prior to that, we were fortunate…
Phanie D of Girl In A Coma
Hey, all, I'm Phanie D, drummer for Girl In A Coma. I'm not your typical drummer, I guess. I'm not taught, and to this day I'm still not too familiar with drummer terms. I learned purely because I love it.…
Antigone Rising's Dena Tauriello
These days I do some session work and teaching, but my main gig is with the all-female NYC—based rock band Antigone Rising. I've been with them for over nine years, and it's been an amazing journey. During this time we've…
