In This Issue:
Features: The Modern Drummer Festival 2020, Secret Machines’ Josh Garza For the Sake of Rock ’n’ Roll, Professor and the Madman’s Rat Scabies
Education: Chad Smith, The Path to Polyrhythmic Proficiency, Jojo Mayer
Gear: Donn Bennett’s Drum Vault, Revolution Drum T-Loks, Survival Drum Key, Brass Cymbal Fasteners, and Capitola Suede Stick Bag, Zildjian – Aaron Spears and Kaz Rodriguez Artist Series Drumsticks, Angel Drums – Segment-Shell Maple Drumset
Gearing Up: Papa Roach’s Tony Palermo
New and Notable: DW, Adoro, Gibraltar,Black Swamp, Tama, Roland
Departments: Harvey Mason, Charli Persip 1929–2020, Mike Clark’s Post-Bop Drum Book, CRITIQUE, Nick Mason’s, The Modern Drummer Festival Returns!
Modern Drummer writes about this issue:
Modern Drummer had been planning to bring back the world-renowned MD festival in 2020, and we were ready to put the plan into action. Then the world stopped due to COVID-19. After many discussions, we decided that instead of canceling the festival, we would change formats and produce a pay-per-view show. That would allow anyone to watch it on their TV, computer, or mobile device.
The date we chose was September 12th, which is the late/great Neil Peart’s birthday. We also decided to combine the show with a tribute to the Professor, who left us much too soon on January 7. Reaching out to drummers to appear was the next step. With everyone being such a huge fan of Neil, the lineup for our special tribute festival filled up almost instantly. We collaborated with Neil’s wife, Carrie, to donate the proceeds from the show to brain cancer research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Reaching out to drummers to appear was the next step. With everyone being such a huge fan of Neil, the lineup for our special tribute festival filled up almost instantly. We collaborated with Neil’s wife, Carrie, to donate the proceeds from the show to brain cancer research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
We had only six weeks to produce the show. But we ended up raising a nice amount for Neil’s charity. We had an amazing range of talented drummers perform, and we believe we succeeded in bringing a bit of light to the drumming community in an overall rather dark world. Thank you to everyone who was involved in making the Modern Drummer Festival 2020 a success. What follows is a collection of thoughts from many of the drummers who performed.
Full Article: HERE
