Latest News Joey Jordison, former Slipknot drummer and co-founder, dies at age 46 Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp Announces The First EVER Women Only Camp Sheila E. is Crowned First Female Winner of the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame Calling all Beatles Fans! The wait is over! Janet D’Addario, Co-Founder of D’Addario & Company Dies at age 72 Matt Zebroski – Alex Skolnick Trio Drummer – Interview 6/14/21 Charlie Benante – “Silver Linings” Album Review 5/23/21 Producer Matty Amendola Records A Song With Universal Audio Latest, Music News, By Music Connection Magazine Features On The Cover Bruno Mars’ Eric “E-Panda” Hernandez By Billy Amendola Bon Jovi’s Tico Torres Interview by Billy Amendola | Photo by David Bergman Kendrick Lamar’s Tony “Rico” Nichols Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Alex Solca Lamb of God’s Chris Adler Story by Ben Meyer | Photos by Alex Solca Slayer’s Final World Tour Photos by Alex Solca Damian Marley‘s Courtney “Bam“ Diedrick By Robin Tolleson From the Track to the Stage: Breathing Life into a Recording by Kristen Gleeson-Prata Podcast Episode 43: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Sheila E. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 42: Narada Michael Walden & Dennis Chambers Episode 41: Celebrating Ringo Starr’s 81st Birthday. #Peace and Love The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 40: Narada Michael Walden & Cindy Blackman Santana The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 39: David Frangioni with Nandi Bushell The Modern Drummer Podcast #ThrowBackThursday! David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 37: Narada Michael Walden & Aubrey Dayle The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 36: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Mark Schulman Magazine Education Basics Essential Sight-Reading by Joel Rothman Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic Kicked-Up Bell Patterns Article by Chris Dovas | Photo by Carl Frederick Jazz Drummer's Workshop Al Foster on “Ev’rything I Love” by Jordan Young Rock Perspectives Tooling with Perspectives by Aaron Edgar Health And Science Drumset Ergonomics – Part 4: Snare and Floor Tom Positioning by Brandon Green Magazine Reviews & Gear Sugar Percussion – Stave Mahogany Bop Kit Paiste – Masters Dry and Extra Dry Rides Yamaha – EAD10 Electronic Acoustic Drum Module Canopus – Hybrid Series Hardware Gearing Up - Train’s Drew Shoals New and Notable - New Drum Gear from Roland, Promark, Matoon Drums, Pearl, Zildjian, Melodics, and Gretsch! 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 | $119.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview Pre-Gig Calibration by Michael Dawson Readers' Platform Remembering Pat Torpey, Learning to Read Music, the 1978 Issue, Roy Burns, and Dropped Beats Out Now Joe Magistro on the Magpie Salute’s High Water I Story by Willie Rose | Photo by Laurent Chanez On Tour Conrad Choucroun with White Denim Story by Willie Rose | Photo by Steve Terebecki Must-Have Gear Perfect Beings’ Sean Reinert Interview by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photo by Thomas Snyder/Fantomphoto On Topic Bernard Purdie Interview by Bob Girouard Critique Jonathan Barber, Kobie Watkins Grouptet, Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Jack DeJohnette, and more! Encore Jethro Tull’s Stand Up by Will Romano In Memoriam John “Jabo” Starks: 1938-2018 by Jim Payne Backbeats Industry Happenings, Who's Playing What, and more Kit of the Month The “Bam Bam” Kit
