September 2014
Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
VIDEO! Product Close-Up: Bosphorus Lyric Series Cymbals (From the September 2014 Issue)
by Dylan Wissing The new Lyric series from the Turkish company Bosphorus was designed in close collaboration with modern jazz heavyweight Ari Hoenig. For those not yet introduced, Hoenig has a fiercely individual approach to jazz drumming, which is borne…
VIDEO! Syncopation Revisited, Part 5: Brazilian Applications
September 2014 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Syncopation Revisited Part 4: Brazilian Applications by Steve Fidyk We continue our series on ways to interpret the classic Ted Reed book Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer by applying Brazilian rhythms and…
Electronic Review: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder (From the September 2014 Issue)
by John Emrich Most people know me from my work in sample production. That said, I also get a lot of questions about recording without a computer, a topic I’ve been wrestling with for a few years. As luck would…
September 2014 Issue of Modern Drummer featuring Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park
(Available digitally July 29, 2014; on newsstands August 5, 2014) On the Cover Linkin Park’s Rob Bourdon It’s not as if the group didn’t rock before. But with its new album, Linkin Park is positively raging. And that’s no accident.…