Mike Johnston

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April 2014 Spotify Playlist

Welcome to the Spotify Playlist for the April 2014 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. This month’s Playlist includes feature artist Travis Orbin playing some insane stuff with Sky Eats Airplane and Cyclamen, among others; a selection of classic Lee Morgan…

Modern Drummer
Mar 17, 2014

VIDEO! Rock & Jazz Clinic: Give the Audience Some! (From the March 2014 Issue)

  by Mike Johnston Playing songs in odd times can be challenging to you as a drummer, but one thing that doesn’t get much attention is how tough odd times can be on the audience. It’s called “odd” for a…

Modern Drummer
Mar 11, 2014

April 2014 Issue of Modern Drummer Featuring Mike Johnston

(Available digitally February 25, 2014; on newsstands March 4, 2014) On the Cover Mike Johnston Back in the day—you know, like five years ago—you had to be doing world tours or making platinum records to in fluence as many drummers…

Modern Drummer
Feb 25, 2014

VIDEO - Meinl Cymbals NAMM Show 2014 New Gear Coverage

  In this video Meinl Cymbals' Chris Brewer giving a tour of the Meinl Cymbals booth at The NAMM Show 2014. Highlights include 22" Tradition Ride Cymbals, 21" Extra-Dry Transition Ride (Mike Johnston), Pure Rides, Classic Customs, and more. Meinl…

Modern Drummer
Jan 24, 2014

VIDEO! The 45-Minute Practice Routine: Get Organized to Optimize Your Time Behind the Kit (January 2014 Issue)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJypIjV_kg by Mike Johnston When I sit back and think about the thousands of questions I’ve been asked by students in my eighteen-year career as a drum teacher and clinician, I would have to say that at least 80 percent…

Modern Drummer
Dec 3, 2013
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Linear Fills, Part 1 (UPDATED)

September 2010 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic Linear Fills, Part 1 by Mike Johnston In this video, MD columnist Mike Johnston demonstrates some of the linear patterns based on 16th-notes that are included in his article from the September 2010 issue of…

Modern Drummer
Jul 25, 2013

Mike Johnston

Online educator and clinician Mike Johnston began playing drums at the age of five, and he studied privately with some of the greatest educators of our time, including Peter Magadini and Steve Ferrone. At the age of twenty-one, Mike received…

Modern Drummer
Jan 24, 2012

Own It! Part 1: Exploring Subdivisions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQvRsn4758 March 2012 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic - Own It! Part 1: Exploring Subdivision by Mike Johnston Being a full-time drum instructor, it’s my job to make sure my students explore the material that we’re working on in a given…

Modern Drummer
Jan 18, 2012

Michael Lee Firkins' Touring Drummer Cortney DeAugustine

Greetings, MD fans and fellow drummers! I’m Cortney DeAugustine, from California’s capital city, Sacramento. Like you, I LOVE DRUMS! I love to play them, fix them, build them, tune them, buy them, sell them, and most of all ROCK THEM!…

Modern Drummer
Oct 11, 2011

Double Bass Substitute, Part 1: 16th Notes

March 2010 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic Double Bass Substitute Part 1: 16th Notes by Mike Johnston Watch Mike Johnston demonstrate exercises from part 1 of his Double Bass Substitute article.    

Modern Drummer
Jan 24, 2011

Linear Fills, Part 3

November 2010 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic Linear Fills, Part 3 by Mike Johnson In this video, MD columnist Mike Johnston addresses linear fills using 32nd notes. See the lesson on pages 64 and 65 in the November 2010 issue of…

Modern Drummer
Sep 22, 2010

Linear Fills, Part 2

October 2010 Rock ’N’ Jazz Clinic Linear Fills, Part 2 by Mike Johnston In this video, MD columnist Mike Johnston explains some of the 16th-note-triplet linear fills he wrote about in the October 2010 issue of Modern Drummer.   In…

Modern Drummer
Aug 19, 2010
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