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On the Beat with the Lion King’s Carter McLean: Talks Video Tutorials and Educational Website

Hey everyone in Modern Drummer land! My name is Carter McLean and I play the drums at the Lion King on Broadway in NYC and tour with various singer-songwriters. I want to share with you the reasons why I started…

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Apr 25, 2017

On the Beat with Gregg Potter: One Hundred Years of Buddy Rich

Hi everyone, Gregg Potter here! Buddy Rich would have been one hundred years old this September. Unfortunately, his body left us thirty years ago this month, but his soul remains. I know the drumming community can all agree on the…

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Apr 21, 2017

On the Beat with Pat Kirch of the Maine: Talks Different Approaches to Recording

Hello Modern Drummer readers! I’m Pat Kirch, drummer for the Maine and we’re based out of Phoenix, Arizona. We recently started our world tour in support of our new record Lovely Little Lonely. We have been a band for ten…

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Apr 20, 2017

On The Beat with Mince Fratelli of the Fratellis: Playing for the Overall Sound and Hearing the Drums

Hello MD, I’m Mince of the Fratellis. Our band met in Glasgow in 2004 after I stuck an advert in a window and we’ve now celebrated the tenth anniversary of our debut album, Costello Music. We are excited to be…

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Apr 18, 2017

Steve Smith’s Acceptance Speech During Journey’s Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

At Journey’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, drummer Steve Smith took the opportunity to, as we say, give the drummers some. “My speech was drummer-oriented,” Steve tells Modern Drummer, “as I wanted to be…

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Apr 18, 2017
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On the Beat with Elise Trouw: Shares New Album and Talks Influences

Greetings and salutations MD readers! I am a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from San Diego, but you can just call me Elise. I was born in Southern California to a South African father and a mother from New York in the very…

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Apr 13, 2017

On the Beat with Jamie Perkins of the Pretty Reckless: Talks New Album, TV, and Tours

Hey there, Modern Drummer readers! I’m Jamie Perkins, the drummer for the Pretty Reckless. We’re a rock ’n’ roll band that has been steadfastly irritating the online hipster community since about 2009. I think it’s really cool that MD is…

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Apr 11, 2017

On the Beat with Ryan Fergus of Lucky Boys Confusion: Celebrating Twenty Years of Rock ’n’ Roll

Hello fellow MD bashers! I’m a longtime reader of MD and wanted to check in because the band and I are really excited to be releasing our first full-length record of new music in over a decade! Stormchasers comes out…

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Apr 6, 2017

On the Beat with Patrick Mussack of Through Fire: Talks Early Days, Debut Album, and Tours

Hello Modern Drummer! My name is Patrick Mussack and I play drums for Through Fire, a hard rock band based out of Omaha, Nebraska. We’re currently out on the road supporting our debut album Breathe and getting ready to release…

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Apr 4, 2017

Justin Peroff on Spiral Stairs’ Doris and the Daggers

by Willie Rose photo by Tijana Martin On March 24, Scott Kannberg, the guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of the trailblazing ’90s underground indie-rock band Pavement, released Doris and the Daggers, the second album credited to his pseudonym Spiral Stairs.…

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Mar 31, 2017

Jeff Friedl On Tour With A Perfect Circle

  by Willie Rose photo by Alan Snodgrass   Devo, Puscifer, and Ashes Divide drummer Jeff Friedl is backing the hard rock supergroup A Perfect Circle on its first U.S. tour in six years, with dates booked through early May.…

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Mar 31, 2017

Anton Fig On Tour With Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band

by Patrick Berkery photos by Sandrine Lee From 1986 to 2015, few drummers were more visible than Anton Fig. You could find him on network TV practically every weeknight backing the World’s Most Dangerous Band—later rechristened the CBS Orchestra—on David…

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Mar 31, 2017
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On the Beat with Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz of “Weird Al” Yankovic: Talks Longevity, Hit Albums, and Future Tour

  Hello MD readers! I’ve been drumming with “Weird Al” Yankovic since late-1980, and if you’d told me I’d still be doing that thirty-seven years later, I would have said you were crazy! And when I tell someone that I…

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Mar 30, 2017

On the Beat with UK Session Drummer Steve Barney: Talks Tours, Shows, and Recordings

Hi Modern Drummer readers! My name is Steve Barney and I’m a UK-based session drummer who is fortunate to hit drums and people applaud! My first inspiration for playing drums came when my dad took me to see a Genesis…

Modern Drummer
Mar 28, 2017
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