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.

Summer Drum Reading

Modern Drummer Magazine

KIT OF THE MONTH

Ichi Go, Ichi Ye

NEW & NOTABLE • SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR SPD-SX PRO V 2.0, LP IMPROVES THE CYCLOPS, THE NEW GRAHAM PEDAL, DW SOUNDWORKS METAL LEGACY 2

Ebenor Quality Percussion: Noranda Copper Snares

OCDP: Orange County Drum & Percussion, The Loudest Name in Drums Returns!

CHICAGO DRUM SHOW SCHEDULE, NEW ROLAND EL SEGUNDO HEADQUARTERS

DEVON “STIXX” TAYLOR • A NEW ERA OF GREATNESS

ADONIS ROSE: NEW ORLEANS DRUMMING, AND MUCH MORE!

Vernon Severin: New Orleans Drumming Elder Statesman (and Adonis Rose’s father)

GUNNAR OLSEN • Inside Puscifer’s Normal Isn’t

ELISE TROUW • The Architect of Loop and Groove

STEVE JUDD OF KARNIVOOL—BACK BEHIND THE MACHINE

Chick Corea Elektric Band II “Ished” from Paint the World drummer Gary Novak

Silent Drum Practice – Part 3: The Imaginary Drum Set

Enter the Dojo

Progressive Drumming Essentials: Septuplet Fives

Master Studies II: Table of Time (Revisited)

The New Breed: (Some More) Advanced Reading

The History of Parade, Circus, and Vaudeville Drums

OUT NOW!

Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition • Rush’s 1984 Masterpiece Gets the Definitive Treatment It Deserves

James Edward Gadson, June 17, 1939-April 2, 2026

Payton Taylor’s Zara Larsson Touring Kit