
Steve Moore
Posted: November 2, 2015
Dom Famularo’s Teachers List
Over the course of his forty-year career traveling the globe to teach, perform, and conduct clinics, Dom Famularo has interacted with some of the finest drummers and drum instructors in the world. The following list contains many of those names, organized by country/continent. If you’re looking for top-notch drum instruction, …
Posted: October 1, 2015
November 2015 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Brian Frasier-Moore
See what’s in the pages of the October 2015 issue of Modern Drummer magazine featuring Brian Frasier-Moore and where you can get it….
Posted: July 20, 2015
Music Review: Steve Vai, Aquiles Priester and
Gustavo Carmo, Adam Moore
Guitars, guitars, and yet more guitars, served up hot. The drums ain’t too shabby either….
Posted: April 30, 2015
June 2015 issue of Modern Drummer featuring Benny Greb
See what’s in the pages of the June 2015 issue of Modern Drummer magazine and find out where to pick it up.
Posted: February 4, 2015
Modern Drummer Education Team Weighs In On: Learning Other Styles
We asked the members of the Modern Drummer Education Team if they felt that it’s important for all drummers to study Latin music and other musical genres, even if they don’t intend to ever perform those styles. Here’s what they had to say….
Posted: December 30, 2014
February 2015 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring King Crimson’s Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Bill Rieflin
See what’s in the February 2015 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring King Crimson’s Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Bill Rieflin.
Posted: July 29, 2014
September 2014 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park
See what’s in the September 2014 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park!
Posted: January 8, 2014
Drum Instructor Sam Ulano Passes
Sam Ulano, a beloved yet controversial player and instructor who Modern Drummer readers will recognize from the many ads he ran in the magazine over the years, passed away last week, at the age of ninety-three. MD published an interview with Ulano in the September 2011 issue, which we’ve reprinted …
Posted: October 25, 2013
MD Writer “Pistol” Pete Kaufmann Conducts “Big Picture Drumming” Clinic
Musician and Modern Drummer writer “Pistol” Pete Kaufmann will be conducting his clinic on “Big Picture Drumming” at Warlock Drum studios in Downtown Jersey City, Saturday, November 9th, from 1 to 3pm. Big Picture Drumming is based on Pistol’s Modern Drummer Magazine educational piece and concepts will be geared towards …
Posted: September 5, 2013
2013 Regina Drum Festival
The third annual Regina Drum Festival will take place on September 28 and 29 at the Exchange and the Club in Regina, Saskatchewan, which is located at 2431 8th Avenue….
Posted: August 14, 2013
Anton Fig Signs With Evans and PureSound
Longtime Late Show With David Letterman drummer Anton Fig recently joined the artist rosters for Evans drumheads and PureSound accessories. Fig has appeared on the nightly CBS program since 1986, and during this tenure he has played with dozens of renowned artists, including Miles Davis, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Steve …
Posted: August 12, 2013
Patrick Wheeler of the Wheeler Brothers
My name is Patrick Wheeler, and I play drums in a little family affair called Wheeler Brothers. We just released our sophomore album, Gold Boots Glitter….
Posted: April 26, 2013
25 Timeless Drum Books
What makes a great drum book? There’s no single answer, as different books have been written to address a wide variety of styles and techniques. But judging by a recent poll in which Modern Drummer readers were asked to name their favorite volumes, a few characteristics stand out….
Posted: March 28, 2013
Second Annual Big Drum Bonanza
Drummer/producer Thomas Lang (stOrk, Paul Gilbert, John Wetton) has announced that the Big Drum Bonanza 2013 is scheduled for July 3 through 7 at the Drum Channel studios in Oxnard, CA and at the nearby Courtyard Marriot in Camarillo, CA….
Posted: February 20, 2013
Beats, Brews, & Banter with John Morgan Kimock of XVSK and Steve Kimock’s Band
Philly Drum Project’s monthly event, Beats, Brews, & Banter, will continue on Monday, March 4th at Roosevelt’s Pub at the corner of 23rd and Walnut in Philadelphia. The event will run from 7-9pm and feature John Morgan Kimock….
Posted: January 28, 2013
NAMM 2013 in Photos
It’s that time of year again, when the makers of dreams—or at least the equipment that helps them come true—show off the latest and greatest gear that will be available in the upcoming months. What’s the catch? Not everyone is invited! Never fear, the Modern Drummer editors have it covered. …
Posted: December 18, 2012
Guitar Center’s Drum-Off Finals To Feature Live Performances By Gadd, Blackwell, Carlock, Heyward, King and More!
Guitar Center’s nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer has chosen the 2012 grand finalists.
Posted: September 25, 2012
Little Kids Rock’s Right To Rock Celebration – Updated
Over the past ten years, Little Kids Rock has brought music education to more than 200,000 disadvantaged children nationwide.
Posted: July 27, 2012
“The Mad Drummer” Steve Moore Named The #1 Most Underrated Drummer
NME magazine has listed drummer Steve Moore “The Mad Drummer” or better known as “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig” on YouTube, as the number one “Most Underrated Drummer In Rock”.
Posted: November 21, 2011
Steve Moore, aka the Mad Drummer
My name is Steve Moore, aka the Mad Drummer. Some of you might remember me as “the Drummer at the Wrong Gig??? on YouTube. To say I’ve had the best year of my life would be an understatement!
Posted: September 21, 2011
September Web Update News
Mark Schulman has been touring with Foreigner all summer and is also on the band’s three-disc set Feels Like the First Time, containing two audio CDs and a live concert DVD. For more, visit www.foreigneronline.com. Also check out Mark’s article “Easy Drum Charts” in the October issue of MD, out …
Posted: July 1, 2011
MD Readers Poll 2011 Results
Welcome once again to the MD Readers Poll, where the greatest drummers on the planet are honored by the most educated drum fans around. Let’s get right to it: the envelope, please….
Posted: February 28, 2011
Steve Moore Checks Back In With MD
Hi everyone in MD land! Last year I had a video on YouTube titled “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig.??? I had struggled my entire life, when out of nowhere the video went viral. Within weeks my life had completely changed, and I was suddenly getting showered with the …
Posted: August 26, 2010
What We’re Listening To 8/10
Associate Editor Michael Parillo Ah, Gong. For me there are times when nothing else will do. Some days I just need to hear a lot of notes — a lot of well-played, precisely ordered, yet totally rocking notes. I have only two of the European prog/fusion band’s many albums, 1975’s …
Posted: June 17, 2010
Steve Moore: aka Drummer At The Wrong Gig
Hello, MD readers! My name is Steve Moore, aka “Drummer At The Wrong Gig.??? A few years ago someone shot video of me and uploaded it to YouTube, where it sat idle until last week, when someone renamed it “This Drummer Is At The Wrong Gig.??? In one week, it …
Posted: March 12, 2010
The Greats: Ginger Baker
Ginger gained fame as a member of Cream, featuring Jack Bruce on bass and Eric Clapton on guitar.
Posted: July 5, 2009
The Drum Lab’s Mike Johnston
I run an educational Web site as well as own and operate Sacramento’s first and only drum school, the Drum Lab.
Posted: June 20, 2008
Deen Castronovo: The Journey Of A Decade, The Career Of A Lifetime
During the heyday of metal music in the ’80s, an underground subgenre known as “shred metal??? emerged.
Posted: January 16, 2008
Best Of ’07
I’m convinced that, ten years from now, we’re going to look back at 2007 as an unusually fertile time in music and in drumming.
Posted: May 12, 2004
Gary Husband
British drumming god Gary Husband came to international acclaim on such 1980s Allan Holdsworth albums as Metal Fatigue, Atavachron, and Sand….