August 2017 Issue – Volume 41 • Number 8

Transitions

Exercises for Improving Time

Greg Fox

The Eternal Quest

Clyde Stubblefield Remembered

April 18, 1943–February 18, 2017

Gil Sharone’s Wicked Beats Book

September 2015 MD cover artist Gil Sharone has built a career around his ability to navigate numerous styles in a convincing and authentic manner. If you don’t know him from his day gig with Marilyn Manson or his stint in…

Styx’s Todd Sucherman

For twenty years he’s been at the very top echelon of the rock and drumming worlds, largely on the basis of his scalding, unerring readings of classic Styx tracks recorded well before he joined the fray. Truth be told, that…

Paradiddle-Diddle Inversions

Straight and Triplet-Based Rudimental Rock Fills

Thanks From Steve Smith

I would like to express my deep appreciation to my drumming peers that voted for me in the 2017 Modern Drummer Readers Poll. It has been an eventful year for me, with the Journey tours and being inducted into the…

Matt Mayhall

Hollywood Swinger

Favorite Clyde Stubblefield Track?

This past February 18, funk pioneer and renowned James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield passed away. To coincide with this month’s tribute to the innovator , we asked our social media followers to name the tracks they think stand out from…

Connect With Your Audience

How Perspective Changes Everything

VK - Aluminum Drumset

High-end, lightweight shells with a unique tonal character.

The Steam Brain

Brooklyn-based percussionist, theater designer, and artist Eric Farber built this month’s monster setup for the Off-Broadway Civil War and science fiction musical Futurity. He created the production with his indie-rock band the Lisps over the course of eight years while…

August 2017 Issue – Volume 41 • Number 8

Between the Buried and Me live album, Drum Trek method book, and more

Recordings John Frum A Stirring in the Noos It’s a band, not a person. And that’s not the only unexpected thing here. John Frum’s debut full-length, A Stirring in the Noos, offers a new voice to the ever-growing technical death…

Finding a New Musical Home

Let’s face it, sometimes it just isn’t happening at home. We may be in the age of bedroom studios, high-speed digital transfer, and cloud computing, but for the foreseeable future our physical address will continue to have a significant impact on our work opportunities. This month we speak with three pro drummers who decided they needed to up stakes to begin a new chapter in their careers. If you’ve been contemplating a move lately, their experiences could help you in making this important decision.

Shure - MOTIV Series Mobile Recording Devices

iOS and USB solutions for musicians looking to document on the go.

Advanced Herta Applications

Rudimental Polyrhythms in Odd Subdivisions

Pearl Nashville Drum Day

Two New Series of Drums Debut in Music City

1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page

Part 6: Building Independence

My Prized Possessions

Commemorating multiple generations in woodworking with three one-of-a-kind stave snares.