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Drummer Blog: Gabor “Gabs??? Dornyei on Touring and Being True to Yourself
Hi there, Modern Drummer readers, it’s Gabor “Gabs” Dornyei here from London, UK, and it’s great to be given the opportunity by MD to share some insights of my career with you. When you find yourself playing on the same…
Drummer Blog: Jason Aldean’s Rich Redmond Gears Up for Drummer’s Weekend
Hello there, MD readers! I am very excited to be hosting my second Drummer’s Weekend in Nashville this October 31 through November 2. This is a one-of-a-kind event that gets students up close and personal with the drummers that are…
Drummer Blog: Kix’s Jimmy Chalfant on His Early Influences and Approach
Hey there, modern drummers! My name is Jimmy Chalfant, and I play drums for the Baltimore hard-rock band Kix. I grew up with all types of music in my house, from classical to jazz, R&B, progressive rock, and everything in…
Drummer Blog! Eric Jackowitz on Playing Different Styles With Caleb Hawley
Hey, MD readers! As a longtime reader myself, I can’t say how exciting it is for me to be writing this blog. I pretty much have every issue of Modern Drummer from 2000 to now, as well as the MDFestival…
Drummer Blog: Street Drum Corp’s Bobby Alt on Producing Teen Drummer John Tessin of Hero for Today
Hi, everyone! It’s a real privilege when I get to produce and record young drummers who are just coming into their own, and it’s a very special privilege when they’re great. Seventeen-year-old John Tessin, drummer for Hero for Today, is…
Drummer Blog: Jazzer Bryan Tuk and Metal Head Justin Vigile Overcome Adversity and Form Production Company Project/Two
Hey, MD readers! Bryan and Justin here to give you an update on our production company, Project/Two. The concept of Project/Two is simple: a twenty-something metal drummer and a forty-something jazz drummer approaching composition and performance in their own style.…
Hena Habegger of Gotthard
Hi, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Hena Habegger, and I’ve been the drummer of the Swiss hard rock band Gotthard for twenty-three years. After fifteen number-one albums in Switzerland, lots of chart successes, and releases in Europe, Russia,…
Chris Copeland of Cosmic Wolf
Hi, Modern Drummer readers! My name is Chris Copeland and no, I am not related to Stewart Copeland, as much as I wish I were! I play drums for the wonderfully talented fiddle player Ruby Jane, and I have a…
Bobby Deitch “Mind, Body, Spirit…Drums!???
Hi, MD readers! This is fellow drummer Bobby Deitch. It took a while for me to decide exactly what the subject would be for my second time around at writing a blog for Modern Drummer. After lots of pondering I…
Edd Unwin of Empress AD
I’m Edd, and I play drums for Empress AD. We started the band a long time ago, but we’ve only been playing shows for about a year and a half now, and that time has flown by. I played drums…
Karl Latham
Hello, Modern Drummer readers! It’s been a while since I last checked in from “the North Woods.” I see all is great in drum land—so many amazing new talents every day! Over the past couple of years I’ve been very…
Jimmi Kane of Tempt
Hey, Modern Drummer readers! This is Jimmi Kane from the NYC-based rock band Tempt. We’re coming up to the one-year anniversary of the band, and I thought that in my blog it would be interesting to give you the drummer’s…
John Fontana of the Futures League
When I was twelve, my two best friends decided they wanted to perform as a band in our middle school talent show. The problem was that only one of us could actually play an instrument with any decency, and that…
Tiffanie Lanmon of Mirror Travel
I used to be awful at drums, just really awful. Lauren’s mother heard just how awful every day after school. Lauren played percussion in the school band; I played the clarinet. I still remember seeing her the first day of…
