In this episode Mike and Mike discuss December featured artist and legendary jazz/funk drummer Mike Clark. The post MD Podcast…
BY RICK VAN HORN | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Let’s face it: As drummers, we need to…
Full disclosure: this is a re-blog of a re-blog, so I’m taking no credit here. I was over at Cruise Ship…
BY LIBOR HADRAVA | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Adam Deitch’s signature approach to the feel and groove…
BY BRIAN ANDRES | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! This lesson focuses on playing a bell pattern from…
BY STANTON MOORE | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! In this lesson, we’ll cover a few go-go-inspired beats…
BY DANNY GOTTLIEB | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Here are some methods to develop your jazz ride…
Check out Adam Deitch’s 4-piece Tama Star kit on tour with Lettuce. The toms and bass drum are birch/bubinga, with…
What’s up Modern Drummer family! It’s your boy Deitch from Lettuce, Break Science, John Scofield Uberjam band, and formerly of…
Conventional drumming wisdom will tell you that mastering the drum set rudiments is an essential step in becoming a solid…
BY “TIGER” BILL MELIGARI Trading fours is a skill that can be used by drummers of all styles but is…
On this day in 1964, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was secretly married to Shirley Ann Shepherd, a Royal College Of…
BY JOE BOSSO | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Don’t try to put Antonio Sanchez in a box.…
Liz Aponte is a drummer, teacher, and a drum builder. After trying pretty much every other instrument, Aponte settled on…
BY JON “BERMUDA” SCHWARTZ | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! We like to think that if our drums…