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Steve Smith will be performing at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City
Drummer Steve Smith will be performing at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City for an unprecedented five consecutive weeks with five different groups September 16 through October 16, 2022. Steve Smith is known for playing with Jean-Luc Ponty, Journey,…
Nate Morton joins the Big Drum Bonanza 2022 lineup
Self-taught from age 5, Nate’s formal drum set training began during high school with Grant Menefee in Baltimore, Maryland. He continued his education in Boston, Massachusetts as a performance major at the renowned Berklee College of Music, studying with drummers…
Mapex Partners with Shedthemusic.com to Draw Students to Music Education
Music educator Bob Habersat’s Shedthemusic.com embraces the Modern Band concept as a school-based music program. Utilizing popular music as its central canon, the site teaches students to perform, compose and improvise the music they know and love. Sonor salutes this endeavor and has…
Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Chad Smith to Appear Live at Santa Monica Place 7/30/2022
Rock Star. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. Six-time Grammy Winner. Fine Artist. Philanthropist. These are just a few ways to describe Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Road Show Company presents: In collaboration with SceneFour: The Art of Chad Smith, in a limited-engagement…
Watch LAMB OF GOD’s “Omens”
Omens Title Track Now Available Everywhere Photo: Travis Shinn Watch and listen to “Omens,” the title track from LAMB OF GOD’s forthcoming 9th album. The new single from the GRAMMY-nominated metal colossus is available everywhere for download and streaming. Watch the “Omens” music video HERE: https://youtu.be/VHVsG2taJVs…
Last chance to cast your vote in the 2022 Modern Drummer Readers Poll!
The announcement of the winners in the 2022 Modern Drummer Readers Poll is almost here. This year’s poll has garnered more votes and engagement than any other Readers Poll in Modern Drummer’s previous 46 years. There are 19 categories, and…
ASCENDIA: Bringing “This War” To The Forefront
Coming from Toronto’s heavy music scene, ASCENDIA drew first from what they and their peers grew up on – Black Sabbath, Dio, Kiss and symphonic metal like Nightwish – and as their tastes broadened, their music went through a metamorphosis. The product…
Introducing dB One Heads & Cymbals from Evans Drumheads
EVANS Drumheads, the most technologically advanced drumheads on earth, is introducing a revolutionary new suite of products, dB reduced volume drumheads and cymbals. The dB product suite includes dB Zero, a rebrand of the popular SoundOff mesh drumheads, and the…
Antonio Sanchez SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II.) Warner Music
Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea)is proud to be releasing a new recording entitled SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II.)The new recording will be released by Warner Music and features Antonio collaborating with 12 different singers as musical guests.…
Drumathon Live
High profile drummers, along with thousands of semi-professionals are limbering up to play for 250 hours non-stop, raising millions for mental health charities. DrumathonLIVE 2022, the event for all drummers is set to raise millions for mental health charities, live streamed…
Tribute to Taylor Hawkins
On March 25, drummers and music fans around the world were devastated to learn that drummer Taylor Hawkins had died. Hawkins was a good friend of Modern Drummer, and we join in the sorrow of losing such a wonderful person…
TnR products percussion isolation mounts receive fresh branding to match improved design.
In the spirit of continuous improvement and better serving the drumming community, TnR Products is proud to announce design updates and the rebranding of their percussion isolation mounts as TnR TrueVibe. The snare stand isolation mounts have undergone subtle but…
Amarin Percussion
Amarin Percussion brings exceptional drummers to Los Angeles for in-person, personalized drummasterclasses and clinics. Started at the end of 2021, Esodic drummer Zed Amarin and Sarah Dunn opened AmarinPercussion to make exclusive drummers more accessible to the Los Angeles drumming…
The 2022 Hit Like A Girl Contest Encourages Girls And Women To “Choose Drums”.
The eleventh annual edition of the Hit Like A Girl international contest for female and gnc (gender non-conforming) drummers and beatmakers opens for entries at 12:01 AM Pacific time on March 1, 2022. The online event aims to celebrate, elevate…
