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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

Edit Bunker’s Zach Danziger

Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Lloyd Bishop

Web Exclusive! Alex Rüdinger of Good Tiger on the Group’s Sophomore Album, We Will All Be Gone

by Ben Meyer

Former Hole and Current Upset Drummer Patty Schemel

Interview by Ben Meyer | Photo by Alex Solca

Drum Wisdom: Legendary Educator Michael Carvin

by Keith Carne | Photo by Rahav Segev

Modern Drummer 2018 Readers Poll Winners!

Big & Rich's Keio Stroud

Story by Aaron Strickland | Photos by Joey Tanner

Jimmie Vaughan's George Rains

by Cleve Warren

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

Basics

The Fundamentals of 5/4 Rock

by Joel Rothman
Strictly Technique

Three Birds With One Stone – Optimize Your Practice Time

by Chris Prescott
Style And Analysis

John Clardy On Tera Melos’s Trash Generator

Article by Austin Burcham | Photo by Colin Eldridge
Jazz Drummer's Workshop

Bebop Syncopation, Part 3: Elvin Jones

by Mike Alfieri
Rock Perspectives

Seven-Over-Three Polyrhythms

by Aaron Edgar
Concepts

The Failure Percentage

by Russ Miller

Magazine Reviews & Gear

Sugar Percussion – 2-12 Series Mahogany Snares

Ddrum – Dios Maple Series Drumset

Ahead – Maxx 5A and Frank Zummo Drumsticks, Stick-On Practice Pad, and Compact Stick Holder

Alesis – Strike Pro Drumset

Dream – Re-Fx Naughty Saucer

Gearing Up - Phantogram’s Chris Carhart

New and Notable - New Drum Gear from Simmons, Zildjian, Roland, Sound Percussion Labs, Tama and Sabian!

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Magazine Columns

An Editor's Overview

Appreciation and Gratitude

by Billy Amendola
In Memoriam

Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart: 1961-2017

Story by Patrick Berkery | Photo by Ebet Roberts
Readers' Platform

Drum Fills: Keep It Simple, or Shred?

Out Now

John Convertino on Calexico’s The Thread That Keeps Us

Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Eric Stoner
On Tour

Marty Beller With They Might Be Giants

Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Erik Rosengarten
In Memoriam

Remembering Ben Riley, Frank Capp, Grady Tate, and Chuck Blackwell.

Must-Have Gear

Ulysses Owens Jr.

Article by Jeff Potter | Photo by Rayon Richards
Retailer Profile

Professional Drum Shop

Interview by Patrick Berkery
Critique

The Chick Corea & Steve Gadd Band, Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdés, Good Tiger, Quartet NL, and more!

Backbeats

The 2017 Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show

Story and photos by Bob Campbell
Kit of the Month

A Slingerland Unmasked

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