Modern Drummer Magazine

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. Every month MD features entertaining interviews with the world’s most popular drummers from all styles of music; interviews that delve into playing techniques, equipment, and musical concepts. The publication also reports on industry trends and activities, plus new drum products, publications, and recordings, and industry events. A roster of over 35 educational departments, authored by leaders in the field, offers readers practical playing tips and advice on topics that encompass all phases of drumming.

Creative Calamities

MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE

The Courage to Connect

Custard Pie Brings the Funk

Hugh Syme’s Four Decades of Rush Dreamscapes

Rock Doc Drummers • Maybe there’s something in the water. Or the air. Or perhaps it’s simply the streaming services deluging us with content while everyone is looking for anything to take their minds off of the global pandemic. But, wow, a ton of great music documentaries have exploded onto screens large and small the past couple of years. To celebrate, we picked ten tuneful non-fiction films and reached into the Modern Drummer archives to spotlight the drummers driving the songs that made those docs rock.

How to Make Friends with Vocalists

Muppet Mania • Bill Ruck’s Tribute to his Wife

My Drum Kit Monument to Musical Giants

Matt Sorum • New Book, Celebrating Vinyl, Saving Animals, and Producing Billy Gibbons

Minna Koskenlahti • Casting Musical Spells

RUSS MILLER • BUILDING AN EMPIRE ONE BRICK AT A TIME

MILLER’S MENAGERIE

Johnny Kelly • Filling In the Noize

Bernard Purdie • Excerpted from the November 1985 Cover Story

NEW GEAR

Mapex Saturn Four-Piece Rock Shell Pack

PDP Concept Select Series Snare Drums

The Modern Drummer Product Guide • Cool Percussion Goodies

Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault • Logo Heads

Drum Show Roundup • Modern Drummer Revisits Two Pandemic-Era Drum Extravaganzas

The History of the 30th Anniversary Chicago Drum Show

ROC Drums • May 1986

Authentic Latin Rhythms

Rock Pattern Exercises

16th-Note-Triplet Hand and Foot Patterns

The Drummer as Entertainer

Kenny Malone • August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021

Joey Jordison • April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021

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