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 St. Vincent’s Matt Johnson Story by Patrick Berkery Photos by Alex Solca Next to None’s Max Portnoy Story and photo by Mike Haid Eric Clapton's Jamie Oldaker Interview by Bob Girouard | Photo by Phil Clarkin Great '80s Drum Performances by Ilya Stemkovsky John McLaughlin’s Ranjit Barot Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Paul La Raia Paramore’s Zac Farro Story by David Ciauro | Photos by Lindsey Byrnes 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 Off The Record Travis Orbin on Silly String II by Austin Burcham Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic Five-Note Phrasing by Marc Dicciani Jazz Drummer's Workshop Up-Tempo Studies by Steve Fidyk Rock Perspectives How to Play Odd Time Signatures by Aaron Edgar Concepts Do You Need to Read Music? by Russ Miller Magazine Reviews & Gear Yamaha – Tour Custom Drumset Zildjian – K Sweet Series Cymbals 101 Drums – 5.5×14 Woodfiber Snare Tune-Bot – Studio Digital Tuner Bopworks – Drumsticks and Brushes New and Notable - New Drum Gear from Tama, Remo, Rogers, Etymotic Research, Vic Firth and Ahead! 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 Finding a Balance by Willie Rose Readers' Platform What’s Your Favorite 1980s Metal or Hard Rock Drumming Album? Out Now Santiago “Jimmy” Vela III on the Sword’s Used Future Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Dean Dickinson On Tour Rod Morgenstein with the Dixie Dregs Article by Ben Meyer | Photo by J. Mimma Photography Must-Have Gear Smashing Pumpkins’ Jimmy Chamberlin by Ken Micallef Retailer Profile Guitar Center Destination Drum Shops Interview by Bob Girouard | Photos courtesy of Guitar Center Critique Terri Lyne Carrington with Lewis Porter, Blake Richardson with Between the Buried and Me, Virgil Donati with IceFish, and More! It Happened On The Road Belle and Sebastian’s Richard Colburn by Patrick Berkery Backbeats The 42nd Annual Percussive Arts Society International Convention and Cascio Music Drummerfest 2017 In Memoriam Ray Lucas and Frank Capp Remembered Kit of the Month The Elf’s Giant