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Industry Spotlight - DIXON Product Showcase

Industry Spotlight DIXON Product Showcase Text and video by Miguel Monroy We recently had the opportunity to visit Dixon Drums & Hardware for its first-ever Product Showcase. The hybrid event brought in local drummers from the St. Louis area and…

Modern Drummer
Mar 21, 2017

On the Beat with Heath Fields from Shallow Side: Talks Beginnings, Overcoming Adversity, and New Album

Hello fellow MD readers. My name is Heath Fields and I’m the drummer for the band Shallow Side, from Cullman, Alabama. It’s an honor to be a part of the On the Beat family! I wasn’t always into drumming. Growing…

Modern Drummer
Mar 21, 2017

Nick Zamora On Tour With the Suffers

by Willie Rose   Drummer Nick Zamora’s driving feel, blazing yet apt chops, and Motown-inspired grooves are supporting the Houston, Texas, soul collective the Suffers on their current March tour. Since forming in 2011, the ten-member group has enjoyed a…

Modern Drummer
Mar 6, 2017

Download Our New iOS & Android Apps!

We are excited to announce the release of our brand new iOS and Android apps! These apps are a part of our brand new digital access experience, which allows subscribers to enjoy all their favorite content online at ModernDrummer.com, as…

Modern Drummer
Mar 6, 2017

Daniel Tracy On Tour With Deafheaven

by Willie Rose photo by Liam Christopher Metal and shoegaze genre slashers Deafheaven are currently ripping across the country on a tour that lasts through late March. The band, powered by blast-beat maniac Daniel Tracy, first saw breakout success with…

Modern Drummer
Mar 2, 2017
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Jason Trammell on Sinkane’s Life & Livin’ It

by Willie Rose   This past February 10, multifaceted producer and pop, funk, and jazz blender Ahmed Gallab released his sixth album, Life & Livin’ It, with his solo project Sinkane. Drummer and longtime Gallab collaborator Jason Trammell lays down…

Modern Drummer
Mar 2, 2017

Clyde Stubblefield

In his September, 1999, cover story on John “Jabo” Starks and Clyde Stubblefield, funk and soul architect James Brown’s famous tandem drum team, writer Ken Micallef wrote, “Clyde’s groove exists in the perfect space all drummers seek but hardly ever…

Modern Drummer
Feb 21, 2017

Kenny Aronoff’s 7 Tips for Success

Modern Drummer’s March cover star lays it right out: Focus on these areas if you want to reach the top. There are plenty of great drummers everywhere—why is it that I get asked to do so many sessions, tours, and…

Modern Drummer
Feb 17, 2017

Legendary Bassist Nathan East on His New Album Reverence

by Billy Amendola On Nathan East’s second solo album, Reverence, he once again steps into the spotlight as bandleader. Produced by East and Yamaha Entertainment Group of America founder Chris Gero, it’s no surprise that shortly after its debut (less…

Modern Drummer
Feb 8, 2017

On Tour with Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes

by Willie Rose   This past September, Los Angeles–based indie folk-rock group Dawes released their fifth studio album, We’re All Going to Die, a record teeming with drummer and vocalist Griffin Goldsmith’s deep pocket and solid grooves. The band, which…

Modern Drummer
Feb 7, 2017

Adam Carson on AFI’s The Blood Album

by Willie Rose This past January 20, the anthemic emo-punk band AFI released its self-titled album, aka The Blood Album, the group’s tenth record over the course of its twenty-five-year history. Along with searing hooks from vocalist Davey Havok, brilliant…

Modern Drummer
Feb 2, 2017

Kenny Aronoff Studio Tour!

 This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the March 2016 issue, which is available here. On The Cover Kenny Aronoff This is one of life’s simple truths: The more you learn, the more you realize how…

Modern Drummer
Jan 31, 2017
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Friday Nuggets: Joe Butler’s Cannons

Check out the drum production on this number-one hit by the Lovin’ Spoonful, from August, 1966. You didn’t often hear drums quite so prominently on a pop hit in the mid-’60s. But there’s a drama to “Summer in the City,”…

Modern Drummer
Jan 27, 2017

Butch Trucks: 1947–2017

In a week that was already rocked by the deaths of Can’s Jaki Liebezeit and Spooky Tooth’s Mike Kellie, the drum world was shaken for a third time by news this morning of the passing of founding Allman Brothers Band…

Modern Drummer
Jan 25, 2017
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