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 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 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 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 | $95.88 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
