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From the archives, My Top 10 with Mark Guiliana, Grammy-nominated American drummer, composer and leader of the band Beat Music. Mark G walks us thru his Top 10 most influential albums

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From the archive, Glenn walks us thru his Top 10 favorite solo Drum & Percussion albums.

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Oft-Overlooked Drum Tracks With Styx’s Todd Sucherman

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From the archives, Thrill to "The Art of Groove" with Benny Greb with Host David Frangioni

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Tommy Lee's full podcast with host David Frangioni. Hear him play some of your favorite beats, tell the stories of his space-age live-performance kits, and much more!

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From the archives, Hosted by David Frangioni welcomes 21-year-old music sensation Elise Trouw to share her insights on drumming, songwriting, looping, gear, building a brand, and more!

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Gregg Bissonette talks to Modern Drummer publisher/CEO David Frangioni about what it's like performing with Beatle and drum hero Ringo Starr, his big break joining Maynard Ferguson, his time with David Lee Roth (along with guitarist Steve Vai and bassist Billy Sheehan), his many different styles of sessions with multi-platinum artists such as Carlos Santana, and how all of these experiences have culminated in launching the Gregg Bissonette Drum School at Drum Channel. And that's just for starters!

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Hosted by David Frangioni webinar with Eric Singer (KISS) and Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden). Get deep into the duo's techniques, influences, gear, and tour and studio hijinks!

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Metal Mania  Featuring Josh Wilbur (Producer) and Art Cruz (Drummer) hosted by David Frangioni (Modern Drummer Publisher & CEO)

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Kiss drummer Eric Singer and Modern Drummer publisher & CEO David Frangioni discuss Eric's most influential record albums.

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From the archives, Start Drumming Now! with Chad Smith hosted by our Publisher & CEO David Frangioni

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer Podcast. Celebrate the holiday week with a Throwback Thursday show (with new material) about the 2021 Modern Drummer Festival. (Where to get tickets, when it’s debut streaming - it begins at 12:01 am on December 25th.) As a bonus, we end this podcast/year with a little help from our friends, Jet Velocity Holiday All-Star Band, led by singer/songwriter Jason Ebs and featuring one of our 40-festival drummers Gregg Potter, along with Janea-Chadwick-Ebs, Cathy Rich, Teddy Andreadis and more. “Now that it’s Christmas time, everyone’s feeling fine!” The MD 2021 festival starts streaming on December 25th and with your ticket purchase, you can watch anytime and as many times for three months. Enjoy! We look forward to a healthy, safe and Happy New Year!

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Welcome to this week’s Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola and his guest Clint de Ganon. This special podcast is brought to you by Vibes high-fidelity earplugs. Clint, one of the busiest behind the scenes drummers/composers has a diverse resume. Known for his professionalism work ethic has kept him a first call studio recording/performer/composer for over thirty-plus years. Not your typical Broadway Drummer, de Ganon has done his share of impressive plays. Carole King’s “Beautiful,” “Hairspray,” “Footloose,” and more. He’s recorded the music for hundreds of TV shows including the popular Amazon Prime series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Clint shares how he survived the pandemic, being prepared for any gig at a moment’s notice and doing the music for the new Steven Spielberg blockbuster “West Side Story.” (which he also appears on screen in a cameo). Performing and or recording with Stevie Wonder, Manhattan Transfer, Tom Scott, Hiram Bullock, Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, John Tropea, Art Garfunkel and way too many to name has kept Clint’s phone ringing for years and we’re sure for years to come. Enjoy!

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Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer Podcast. This week Billy Amendola and David Frangioni speak openly about the current state of the Modern Drummer brand. Joining us in conversation are world educator Dom Famularo and M-Network TV/Film producer Thom Mozloom. It’s a candid fly-on-the-wall conversation that explains what’s happening in the world of MD. We are also proud to “officially” announce the 2021 Modern Drummer Festival to debut stream on December 25th on the Modern Drummer Website. Would you please go to: https://www.moderndrummer.com/festival2021/ for details, VIP packages, tickets, and more? Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays season! We look forward to spending Xmas with you! We can’t think of a better gift for the musician in your life. We can’t stress enough how much we appreciate our readers and supporters, and we look forward to a safe, healthy, and happy 2022. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer Podcast featuring Gina Schock of the Go-Go’s. Gina and MD’s Billy Amendola have a relaxing afternoon in Brooklyn discussing the effect of her first concert at eleven years old igniting her dream of becoming a musician and leading her on a path of success. Gina also discusses her first book, Made in Hollywood: All Access with The Go-Go’s. A coffee table book packed with stories and photos collected by the drummer over her 40-year career. “I’m excited to share this with everyone because these photos have just been sitting in drawers and under the beds and closets and all over the place,” says Schock. “It’s nice to have them all in one place so that everybody will be able to see them.” Recently the Go-Go’s were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by actress Drew Barrymore. “When I was about seven I discovered the Go-Go’s. I went out and bought their album Beauty and the Beat. And as the vinyl twirled, my whole world changed.” The Go-Go’s were the first all-female band to have a Number One album in the Billboard 200 when Beauty and the Beat hit the top spot in 1982. The quintet — Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, and Jane Wiedlin also performed during the 2021 ceremony. Let’s listen in!

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Hi! Welcome to Part 2 of MD’s Podcast with Earl Young & Billy Amendola. Listen and watch this legend continue with his valuable words of wisdom as a young enthusiastic 80 year old, with 65 + years of experience playing and entertaining. We continue where we left off of part one with Earl breaking down the three sounds he helped create with TSOP, MSFB, and the Salsoul Orchestra (featuring musical director Vince Montana) Sit back, relax and enjoy!

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Welcome to this week’s Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola and August 2021 MD cover artist Earl Young. Tune in to watch/listen to part 1 as Billy and Earl talk about how The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) was born—Earl’s early days learning drums, going in the studio with the rhythm section Baker, Harris, Young, and how the trio began working with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell - three of the most successful producer/songwriters of all-time. Parts of Earl’s interview can be read in his cover story in both print/digital editions of MD but, we had so much to cover that we wound up talking for hours and having enough material for the magazine and two episodes for the MD Podcast. Earl’s career is astounding because most people know him as the recording drummer/singer/performer of the Grammy award-winning group The Trammps. To this day, the group is still selling out shows around the world. Earl also happens to be one of the most recorded Disco/R&B/Soul drummers of all time. Earl created a whole new sound he innovated called disco. At one point, TSOP/MFSB/Salsoul turned out hit after hit after hit and had songs on the radio in the 1960s & 70s that are now “Soul/R&B/Disco classics.” Enjoy part 1, and please come back for part 2. “Burn Baby Burn!”

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Welcome to this weeks Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola and Doobie Brothers drummer Ed Toth. (with special “pop in guest,” radio personality, actor, & film maker Al Banderio). Al mentions the upcoming Rocky IV movie he is in, which features a new directors cut theatrical release on November 11th. Ed Toth, who was a member of the 90s million selling group Vertical Horizon, has been touring with the Doobies now for sixteen years. He joined original Doobie Brother’s drummer Michael Hossack from 2005 to 2010, and doubled drums with Tony Pia from 2010 to 2016. After Tony’s departure, the band decided to just keep it at one drummer. Ed has held down the fort for the rest of 2016, 2017, and in 2018, famed percussionist Marc Quiñones from the Allman Brothers joined on percussion. Ed says; “Marc and I have a really cool thing happening and he is a joy to play with!” The band with Michael McDonald is currently wrapping up their 50th anniversary tour for 2021 and have plans to tour again in 2022. Ed explains the often confusing revolving drum chair in a Doobie Brothers drummer timeline and so much more! Lets listen in and enjoy!

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola and his guest Josh Freese. If you’re not familiar with his enormous body of work, please look up his discography, and it’ll make your head spin. Since a very young age, Josh has been a touring musician, a first-call studio musician, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, and a band member as both a leader and hired gun. He recently finished up touring and doing dates with Devo and The Offspring, in between playing on hit albums and songs, and he’s getting ready as we speak to head out back on the road with Sting. He is a member of the Vandals (since 1989) and Devo (since 1996), he played drums for Guns N' Roses from 1997 to 2000, A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2012, Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, Weezer from 2009 to 2011, and recorded over 400 records. In December 2010, Freese toured with Paramore on their South American tour. In fall 2016, he returned to playing full-time with Sting, whom he toured and recorded within 2005. In 2021, he toured with The Offspring. It’s mind-boggling. Let’s listen in and discover or be reminded why Josh is one of the greats. Enjoy!

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For today’s podcast, we are running a #TBT with Andy Newmark and producer Jack Douglas to remember John Lennon on what would have been his 81st birthday on October 9th.

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer podcast with Billy Amendola, featuring one of Canada’s most in-demand drummers Mike Sleath. Mike’s main gig has been touring with pop-superstar Shawn Mendes for over five years on sold-out worldwide tours. Sleath fills us in on his acoustic DW setup, playing a high-profile gig with Roland electronics, incorporating triggers, clicks, and loops, and how getting turned down for music college three years in a row helped make him even more determined to become one of the best. Enjoy!

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Beautiful Day’s Elizabeth Freund curated this week's MD Podcast with Ringo Starr on a private Zoom press conference to announce Ringo Starr Change The World, a new EP to be released on September 24, 2021. The 4 tracks were all recorded at Starr's Roccabella West studio and features frequent and new collaborators. Ringo comments, "I only want to release EPs at this point and here is the next one. What a blessing it's been during this past year to have a studio here at home and be able to collaborate with so many great musicians.” The lead single "Let's Change The World" was written by Joseph Williams and Steve Lukather of Toto. "Just That Way" was written and performed by Ringo and his longtime engineer Bruce Sugar, and it carries on the reggae vibe from his last EP, Zoom In's "Waiting for the Tides to Turn" with Tony Chen returning on guitar, joined by Fully Fullwood on Bass and Ed Roth on Hammond B3. "Coming Undone" is Starr's first collaboration with songwriter/producer Linda Perry, who wrote and plays on the track that also featuring Trombone Shorty. For the final number, Ringo rocks his own version of "Rock Around The Clock" revved up by the unmistakable licks of Joe Walsh on guitar. They are joined by Nathan East on Upright Bass, Bruce Sugar on Piano and Amy Keys and Windy Wagner on Backing Vocals. Besides the EP, Ringo also talks about the upcoming much anticipated six hour “Get Back” film coming November 2021. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week’s Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola and his special guest, session, and touring drummer, Randy Cooke. Born in Canada, Randy grew up listening to Top-40 radio and folk music as well as watching his dad perform in marching band, where Randy also learned Drum Corp playing in his early years before joining his first band Phase 4 at fifteen years old. In 2004, already having a successful studio career in Canada, Randy moved to California and became a top call session drummer and has never looked back. He’s recorded albums with Kelly Clarkson, Eurythmics Dave Stewart, as well as touring recently with Colbie Caillat, and Smash Mouth to name a few. One of the coolest groove masters on the planet. Ladies and Gentlemen, Randy Cooke.

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Welcome to the Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola featuring the Summer Sets’ Jess Bowen. Jess is one of the drummers highlighted in the inspirational Netflix documentary, out now, about drums and drumming, titled “Count Me In.” We highly recommend watching it. Jess fills us in on her early days, the documentary, her past experiences touring, and recently reuniting with the band. She refers to herself as “the newbie” about her role in the film, and despite her starting at an early young age, she’s paid her dues and continues to rise and share her inspiration to everyone. You can catch Jess and Bowie Jane on their own podcast called “Babes Behind the Beat.” The show interview women working in the music industry both behind the scenes and on stage. The show airs live every Wednesday at 7 pm ET on Idobi Radio, and episodes are also available on all streaming platforms. You can check it out at: https://linktr.ee/Babesbehindthebeats Enjoy the show!

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Welcome to MD’s #ThrowbackThursday Podcast with Sheila E.! We had a blast with Sheila and honored her with the announcement of winning the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame Award; picked by the readers of MD. Sheila made history for us with this prestigious award as the first-ever woman to be inducted. Enjoy this special re-broadcast. This week’s Modern Drummer Podcast features the newest member of the MD Hall of Fame, The Queen of Percussion, Sheila E. Join Billy Amendola and David Frangioni as they announce the award to Sheila and congratulate her as the first woman ever to be inducted in the magazine’s 45 year history of the MD’s Reader’s Poll HOF. Sit back, relax and listen to us chat about, her winning, early career playing with her legendary dad Pete Escovedo, Billy Cobham, George Duke, Prince, Ringo and so much more. Enjoy!

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This week on the Modern Drummer Podcast, Nashville studio drummer, engineer, and producer Shannon Forrest joins Billy Amendola to talk about his years touring with Toto, his early days with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw and his road says with the Dukes of September in 2012. (Featuring Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagan & Michael McDonald). Shannon later went on to produced McDonald’s album “Wide Open.” Forrest grew up in South Carolina watching his dad Otis engineer Gospel and country acts before moving with his family to Nashville in 1987. In a short period of time he became one of the most in-demand-session musicians in town recording for Brooks & Dunn, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban and many more. Forrest fills us in on the influence Jeff Porcaro had on him growing up and his good friend and Toto percussionist Lenny Castro as well as his current Pearl and Paiste gear. Let’s watch and listen in.

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This week’s Modern Drummer Podcast with David Frangioni and Billy Amendola features drummer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer Nic Collins. The talented nineteen-year-old talks to MD about his band Better Strangers’ debut EP, Luna’s Daydream. The rock band from Florida are long-time friends featuring Collins on drums, Joey Rodriguez on guitar, bassist Yang Waingarten, and newcomer deCasa on lead vocals. Nic, wise beyond his years, offers advice on being a band member, recording and playing live shows with his band, as well as preparing for an upcoming long-awaited tour with a legendary band. Let’s tune in. Boys and girls, Nic Collins. Enjoy!

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This week's Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola & David Frangioni features session / live drummer Chad Cromwell. A first call Nashville and LA studio drummer who brought his Memphis roots to Nashville recordings since 1990, with Lady Antebellum, (now known as Lady A) LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant, Dave Stewart, and Joss Stone, to name a few. Chad tells us about his touring days with Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler and Neil Young, as well as filling us in on, his Craviotto drum kit and playing with Sir Paul McCartney. Peter Frampton told MD: “For me the drummer in any band is the engine that drives and steers the rest of the players. Chad is one of a handful of players in the world who has the sensitivity and overall feel to take the music to another level.” Sit back, listen, and enjoy!

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This week's Modern Drummer Podcast features the newest member of the MD Hall of Fame, The Queen of Percussion, Sheila E. Join Billy Amendola and David Frangioni as they announce the award to Sheila and congratulate her as the first woman ever to be inducted in the magazine’s 45 year history of the MD’s Reader’s Poll HOF. Sit back, relax and listen to us chat about, her winning, early career playing with her legendary dad Pete Escovedo, Billy Cobham, George Duke, Prince, Ringo and so much more. Enjoy!

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Hello everyone! Yesterday July 7th, was Ringo Starr’s 81st Birthday! As a #ThrowBackThursday, Modern Drummer would like to repeat our press “pop up podcast” we recently attended/posted with Sir Richard. MD sends Peace & Love in honor of what most call “the most influential drummer of all time.” Happy Birthday, Ringo Starr! ????

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In this episode MD CEO David Frangioni interviews 11-year-old UK social media sensation, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Nandi Bushell! Nandi and her father John walks David thru how she got her start in music, to when Questlove discovered her videos and how that exponentially grew her social media followers. Plus Nandi talks about her epic drum battle with Dave Grohl, her new song with Tom Morello and much more. During the interview, several artists and drummers give shoutouts to Nandi about her drumming, videos, and inspiration including Jay Weinburg (Slipknot), Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless), Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine), Cindy Blackman Santana (Santana), Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), Ben Harper, Jonathan Moffett (Michael Jackson), Branden Steineckert (Rancid) & Emily Estefan. In the Shop Talk segment Mike Dawson reviews the Roland – VAD306 Compact Electronic Drumset.

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This week P!nk’s Mark Schulman joins Billy Amendola and David Frangioni for the Modern Drummer Podcast to celebrate Pink and her Billboard Icon Award and new streaming Amazon Documentary. as well as catching up with Mark about his upcoming book and getting back to playing live. Mark Schulman has been touring and recording with Pink for over a decade and has been a massive part of her incredible musical journey. Schulman’s infectious, energetic personality, musicianship, and educational teachings of life has him doing clinics and lectures all over the planet, spreading the gospel of how to achieve success in an ever-changing business. A few years ago he released a DVD that tells you the ins and out of the recording studio distributed by Hudson Music called A Day In The Recording Studio—A Musician’s Guide To Recording Drum Tracks In The Studio. His book “Conquering Life's Stage Fright: Three Steps to Top Performance” has been selling since 2014 and he’s working on a new book as we speak. Pink: All I Know So Far documentary is streaming globally on Amazon Prime. (It premiered on May 21st) Mark talks to us about a “bucket-list” moment in the film ending with the band and him playing Wembley Stadium and so much more. He also includes some very powerful words of wisdom so tune in and enjoy.

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An exclusive and extraordinary Modern Drummer Podcast with bandleader-drummer, TV/Movie star Fred Armisen and TV Writer/Producer/Drummer Eric Leiderman. Both Eric and Fred join hosts Billy Amendola and David Frangioni to chat about their April 2021 cover of Modern Drummer Magazine, behind the scenes of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, the 8G band, producing the show through the pandemic, and more. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Narada Michael Walden interviews Tony Coleman. Coleman has had an illustrious career touring the world with B.B. King, Otis Clay, Bobby Blue Bland, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Albert Collins, Etta James, James Cotton, Katie Webster, Z.Z. Hill, O.V. Wright and Buddy Guy. In this part 1 of the interview TC takes us through his childhood, family, his influences in drumming and the first sessions he was involved in. A journey through his artistic and personal life with great stories.

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This weeks Modern Drummer Podcast with David Frangioni and Billy Amendola features KISS drummer Eric Singer and Chicago percussionist Ramon Yslas talking about drums & percussion on Paul Stanley’s Soul Station project. The duo talk about recording the soul classics as well as brand new material on the album “Now and Then.” The brainchild of Stanley, after playing at his children’s school fundraiser, Eric and Ray fill us in on how the band went from that small gig to sold out shows in Japan to now and the new album. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer podcast with Billy Amendola, David Frangioni, and the multi-platinum-sold-out arena-selling drummer of supergroup Bon Jovi, “The Hitman” himself Tico Torres. Since the mid-eighties, Tico and the band have released over thirty albums and sold over one hundred million records worldwide. Before joining BJ, Tico was touring and playing with the chart-topping band Franke & The Knockouts. He is on the board for the Amazon Conservation Team and enjoys his other life-long passion, Art. Never known as a flashy-crazy-chops-drummer, Torres is well-known for his solid-steady rock groove on all the band's hits. An avid Jazz lover, Torres says, “Your playing is molded by who you listen to and who you hang out with. Elvin Jones and Joe Morello would tell me, ‘You’re not the most technical guy, but you have feel’ Always play for the song and follow the lead vocals.” Let’s listen to this week's MD podcast. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this week's Modern Drummer Podcast with Billy Amendola & David Frangioni. Our special guest is one of the U.K.s most in demand session drummers of the last twenty-plus years Ash Soan. Ash has had 58 Top-10 albums on the charts as well 18 Top-10 singles with artists; Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Dua Lipa, Fraser T Smith, Ed Sheeran, Cher, Adele, Seal, Robbie Williams, Trevor Horn, Dionne Warwick, Sam Smith, James Morrison, Celine Dion, Hamish Stuart, Ronan Keating and more. His discography also includes him as a band member of Del Amitri, touring with Squeeze, as well as the house band drummer for the past seven years on the UK TV version of The Voice. Soan records his drums at his home studio the Windmill as well as sharing files around the world. Let’s listen in and enjoy!

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In this episode, Narada Michael Walden interviews Dominique McDowell. McDowell discusses his upbringing, influences and inspirational tales of his journey.

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This week on the Modern Drummer Podcast, Billy Amendola and David Frangioni bring you an exclusive interview with their special guest Rick Astley. Tune in as Astley talks about his early days as a drummer, leading up to his monstrous career with his number-one vocal hits “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “Together Forever.” Working in the mid-eighties with powerhouse producers Stock Aitken Waterman, who are considered one of the most successful songwriting and producing partnerships of all time, scoring more than 100 UK top 40 hits and selling over 40 million records. As part of the team, Rick became an international star. Rick also fills MD in on meeting the Foo Fighters, his insight on songwriting and recording process as well as his continued passion for playing drums. You don’t want to miss this one. We recommend you watch it with your family and friends. Please Share and Enjoy!

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Let’s kick off the weekend with this fly-on-the-wall “Pop Up Podcast” featuring a private filmed, streaming, virtual “ZOOM IN” press conference with Elizabeth Freund, Ringo, Modern Drummer, and a few select friends. Thank you, Beautiful Media and Ringo, for allowing us to post! Today March 19, 2021, Ringo releases his EP titled Zoom In, which features five songs, all of which were recorded at Starr’s home studio between April-October 2020. Starr collaborated with songwriters and producers, and an ever-widening group of musicians playing on the songs, some socially distanced and joining him safely in his studio, always exercising an abundance of caution, and others working on their parts remotely. “It just unfolds,” Ringo said of the recording process, “when I start making a record here in LA at home.” Joining Starr were musicians Nathan East (bass), Steve Lukather (guitar), Bruce Sugar (synth guitar), Benmont Tench (piano), and Jim Cox (string arrangements and synth) Dave Grohl, Ben Harper and Jenny Lewis also joined Starr among others, and all contributed to the first single, Here’s To The Nights. As Ringo recalled, “Diane Warren sent me the song and I loved the sentiment of it. She sent it in a chord I like to call F demented, it was very high, so Benmont Tench transposed it into a key human beings can actually sing - that's how we started with that song. We wanted to add a lot of voices singing on the chorus and so she asked her friends and I asked mine, and not only did we get a lot of people singing on the record, we had a lot of fun, which is how I think it should be, and I got to know a few new friends.” The title track, “Zoom In, Zoom Out,” was penned by Jeff Silbar and features the Doors Robbie Krieger on guitar. “I wanted to call this ‘Zoom In,’ which I think is great for this day and age. For this record, I wanted to get people I hadn't worked with before, so for this track we invited Robby Krieger.” Sam Hollander wrote and produced “Teach Me To Tango,” sending Ringo a nearly completed track onto which Ringo added vocals and, one drum fill. “I called Sam because I had so much fun with him on my last CD. What was great was when I was doing my vocals (Sam lives in New York so I did my part in my home studio here in LA), was there was one part of it and I felt there has got to be a drum fill there! So the credits now read ‘Ringo vocals and 1 drum fill’” (Blair Sinta lays down the drum track) Image Ringo co-wrote “Waiting For The Tide to Turn” with his engineer Bruce Sugar, adding Tony Chen and his extensive reggae roots; “This was something my engineer Bruce Sugar started, but it didn't have a lot of words, so we wrote it together. I did my version of reggae and what was great was we had Tony Chen, who played with Bob Marley and lives here in LA, come over and play on it. He said, ‘hey Mon, that you on drums mon?’ and I said yes, and he said ‘great drums mon, very reggae!’ and my heart swelled! It was so great coming from him!” With four tracks completed, Ringo thought the EP was done. That is until Steve Lukather came over, with his friend and Toto band mate Joseph Williams, as Ringo tells the story: “We had 4 tracks - and then Lukather came over and brought this semi produced track, ‘Not Enough Love In the World’. The sentiment of it - not enough peace in the world, not enough love - I could not not do it - I had to do this track. So I put the vocals on, the drums on, Steve played a bit more guitar, Joe added some harmonies, and it all came together. In addition to making new music during the pandemic, Ringo also completed and released a new limited-edition retrospective hardcover book titled “RINGO ROCKS: 30 YEARS OF THE ALL STARRS 1989-2019.”Proceeds will benefit The Lotus Foundation. Ringo also revealed news about his next All Starr tour with dates in 2022. “They’ll be no touring this year, “as Ringo told fans...

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Another week, another MD Podcast! Join David Frangioni & Billy Amendola talking with “The Godfather” himself, Gerald Heyward. Gerald talks about re-inventing himself in the “new norm,” as well as recording with Rob Thomas & Michael Jackson. Gerald spent most of his career on the road with the biggest R&B superstars; Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, Mary J Blige, Janet Jackson and more. He talks about his mentor the late Jeff Lo’ Davis and playing in the church and shedding. Check it out for some very valuable advice from one of drumming’s greats!

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Join us for part two of the Modern Drummer Podcast as Billy Amendola & David Frangioni continue their talk with one of the world's most called session drummers, Nir Z. Listen and watch Nir in his home studio tell us about his new Sonor Vintage series drum kits. For engineers and studio lovers, this episode is a must, as Nir shares his studio setup and how he achieves his sound. Nir has played on numerous country, and cross-over pop hits with Blake Shelton and Dan & Shay, to name only two. He recorded in NYC on John Mayer’s debut album, and he’s recorded in England with Genesis. We had so much fun and knowledge from Nir to cover that we had to bring it to you in two parts. Watch part 1 again. Here’s part 2. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Narada Michael Walden interviews the four-time Grammy Award winner, influential drummer, composer, and producer Lenny White. Lenny talks about his drumming, the artists who have influenced him over the years, recording sessions, and life leading up to 2021 and more.

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