Latest News Todd Sucherman – Interview + All Drummers “Maybe I’m Amazed” Cover & Todd’s Ode to Pearl Drum Solo – 4/12/21 A Look Back to 2020- Cindy Blackman Santana’s ‘Give The Drummer Some’ – Album Review – April 11th, 2021 The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 – Album Review – April 9th, 2021 THE ARISTOCRATS’ NEW LIVE ALBUM “FREEZE! LIVE IN EUROPE 2020” Brian Tichy – Interview +“I’m the One” by Van Halen – Play Along & Lesson Video! Yoyoka Soma – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight – HLAG 2018 Contestant & 2021 Jr Global Ambassador – 4/4/21 Steve Gadd Band At Blue Note Tokyo – New Live Album Review – April 3rd, 2021 A Look Back – Thomas Lang’s ‘ProgPop’ Album Review (Video Lessons Attached!) Magazine Features On The Cover Queens of the Stone Age’s Jon Theodore Story by David Ciauro | Photos by Andreas Neumann Modern Drummer 2018 Readers Poll The Psychedelic Furs’ Paul Garisto by Chris Boyle Roy McCurdy Interview by Bob Girouard Justin Brown Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Paul La Raia Eli Keszler Story by Keith Carne | Photos by Brendan Burdzinski Dennis Bryon Interview by Zoro John Blackwell Jr. Story by Drew Schultz | Photo by Miguel Monroy 12 Heartland Prog Albums by Will Romano Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 28: Narada Michael Walden & Dominique McDowell. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 27: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 26: Narada Michael Walden & Gary Husband. Ringo Starr Pop Up Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 25: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Gerald Heyward The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 24: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Part 2 The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 23: Narada Michael Walden & Lenny White. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 22: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Magazine Education Style And Analysis Jon Theodore Style and Analysis by Austin Burcham Basics Dressing Up Your Fills by Powell Randolph Strictly Technique Flowing Diddles, Triple Strokes, and Paradiddles by Bill Bachman Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic Fill Displacements by Dave DiCenso Jazz Drummer's Workshop Rhythmic Conversions – Part 5: Brazilian Grooves and the Half-Note Triplet by Steve Fidyk Rock Perspectives The Circuit – An Ambidextrous Routine for Ultimate Control by Aaron Edgar Concepts Drum Design Knowledge, Part 2: Shell Types and Thicknesses by Russ Miller Magazine Reviews & Gear Yamaha – Rydeen RDP2F5 Drumset Paiste – 900 Series Cymbals Black Swamp – Dynamicx Sterling, Live!, and BackBeat Snares Los Cabos – White Hickory, Red Hickory, and Maple Drumsticks John Aldridge Gearing Up - Janet Jackson’s John Roberts New and Notable - New Gear from Tama, Ahead, Remo and Wuhan! Modern Drummer Featured Products Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 2 - Alex Van Halen Book Bundle | $0 Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 - Neil Peart Book Bundle | $0 All Access Subscription | $95.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview Learn to Love Easy by Adam Budofsky In Memoriam John Blackwell Jr. Story by Drew Schultz | Photo by Miguel Monroy Readers' Platform What’s Your Favorite Prog Drumming Record? Out Now Matt Greiner on August Burns Red’s Phantom Anthem Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Ray Duker On Tour Roy Mayorga With Stone Sour by Kim Kicks News Dave Weckl, Omar Hakim, D'Addario and More! Must-Have Gear Mark Guiliana by Jeff Potter Critique Neo-Prog, American Style by Ilya Stemkovsky Inside Methods Peter Magadini’s Polyrhythmic Life by Martin Patmos Backbeats 2017 DCI World Championship Results Text and photos by Lauren Vogel Weiss Kit of the Month Sonor Swinger
