former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler was asked what he misses most about the rock ‘n’ roll scene from the ’80s compared to today. He responded: “It was more exciting back then, ’cause you didn’t find out everything like you do now. Everything is instantly...
In a day and age in which bands can record remotely and paste an album together without ever stepping into the same room, it is refreshing to hear that for their 13th studio album, This House Is Not For Sale, Bon Jovi preferred to jam it out in the live room. “It’s grabbing the embryo...
Pink Floyd’s journey to prog-rock masterpiece Dark Side of the Moon was long and varied, and it’s one of the most fascinating stories in rock, with stops in blues jamming, otherworldly psychedelia and trippy folk music. It’s documented exhaustively in the recently released box set,...
It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic public unveiling than what Phil Collins’ son Nicholas experienced at the opening of the globally live streamed U.S. Open last August. The 15-year-old hadn’t even started his junior year of high school. But there he was, sitting silently behind...
Expert drum clinician Russell Gilbrook is teaming up with various music education facilities around the UK to bring his wealth of drumming experience to students. The Sakae Drums artist tours the world with rock legends Uriah Heep and is planning to connect with colleges and music teaching establishments...
On the heels of a massive successful North American tour, legendary & award winning melodic drummer Terry Bozzio is releasing rare and unreleased music digitally via his official website! Terry has worked with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Korn, UK, Missing Persons, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Allan...
Charles Bobo Shaw, a jazz drummer from St. Louis who worked with major figures of the 1960s and ’70s jazz avant-garde, died on Jan. 16 in St. Louis. He was 69. His death, at a hospice, was confirmed by the trumpeter George R. Sams, a friend and frequent collaborator, who said that Mr. Shaw was...
Mark Guiliana’s breakthrough to wider public awareness came last year with his intimate involvement in David Bowie’s final masterpiece, Blackstar. The always-canny Bowie came calling on New York’s edgiest, virtuoso musical experimenters, saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s quartet of Jason Lindner...
When it comes to professional drummers in the UK, there are few capable of excelling in such a wide diversity of styles as Lardner. This includes working with Van Morrison, Kylie Minogue, Mark Knopfler, Georgie Fame, The London Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band.
He is also a regular fixture...
To say Frankie Tontoh has had his fingers in a fair few musical pies is doing the experienced sticksman a huge disservice. Tontoh has a simply jaw-dropping CV. Where to start? Well, how about with the reams of A-listers that he has backed up down the years. We’re talking Amy Winehouse, George Michael,...
So we’ve all had it where you show up to a gig and there’s a ‘house kit’ in the loosest of terms! Well aside from how I choose to play the kit during the gig, there are a few go-to things I do to get a good starting point for the sound and playability:
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Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini will unveil an art collection crafted from the new medium of “rhythm-on-canvas” on February 2. Mangini has been working with art team and publisher SceneFour on the collection. Join the interest list at www.mikemanginiart.com for more details and to...
UK multi-instrumentalist Georgia has released a new video for her single Feel It, which is encouraging female drummers of all ages and backgrounds to pick up a pair of sticks and play. The video features a diverse array of female drummers passionately performing on their drum kits, and Georgia is...
Phil Dubois-Coyne hasn’t played live with Revocation since sustaining a broken arm while on tour with the band in 2014, and he more or less officially parted ways with the band a year and a half ago. So what’s he been doing over the past two and a half years? This is a man we once chose as the...
I’m happy to catch you up on what’s been happening (for the past thirty-plus years, ha). We won’t go back that far, but I will fill you in on the variety of things I’ve been up to most recently. I’ve been extremely busy teaching online lessons as well as weekly spots as a satellite instructor...
