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On The Beat with Kofi Baker: Mixing Up Paradiddles
Hello fellow MD drummers, Kofi Baker here. As some of you may know, I am the son of a very famous drummer known as Ginger. The first lesson with my dad that I can remember was him showing me how…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Samba Coordination Builder (August 2013 Issue)
August 2013 Rock & Jazz Clinic Samba Coordination Builder 12 Independence Exercises Based on Chick Corea’s “Sicily” by Daniel Bedard I remember first hearing Chick Corea’s 1978 recording Friends at my music teacher’s house. This was when my ears got…
Double Bass Drum Freddomby Virgil Donati
BOOK/CD LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED $24.95 To provide a balanced starting point for solid double bass chops, this well-structured book by the fleet-footed forerunner of double bass exploration begins with exercises designed to help build left-foot technique to mirror the…
Colin Cunningham of Oh No Fiasco
My name is Colin Cunningham, and I play for a band called Oh No Fiasco. First of all, I’d like to thank Modern Drummer for offering me this blog! Here’s a little about me: When I was young my father…
Robert Ortiz of Escape The Fate
Right now our band Escape The Fate is really excited about our self-titled album on DGC/Interscope Records. I feel strongly that this album is going to do things for rock and music in general that people have been wanting for…
