Les DeMerle-Drum Tuning for All Occasions youtu.be/aop1UP6PDl4?si=HkGq… "I’m totally dedicated to drumming and to music. Never in my life have I had to do anything other than play drums to make a living." tinyurl.com/4ywy64rp

Gadd’s Famous Zildjian, Yamaha, Ludwig Ad--The ad on the back cover of MD's Oct 1981 issue is memorable for two reasons. First, Gadd was endorsing Yamaha drums, but pictured playing a Ludwig snare drum. SKFBlog tinyurl.com/36ntkujx

Dave Weckl—Hand Technique (1983) youtu.be/g-4zORnYF10 In this clip, Weckl is answering my question about his hand technique. The finger control method he learned from Jim Peterczak, and his use of both traditional and matched grip. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/10/18/da…

Dave Weckl--The Spiritual Side of Life (1983) youtu.be/pu7Xjs584k4 Weckl was 23 when we met for this interview. Living in Bridgeport, CT, he was getting ready to go on tour with Simon and Garfunkel--arguably the gig that put Weckl on the map. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/10/15/da…

Dave Weckl—Approaching Time (1983) youtu.be/wpISo8uEpv0 In this clip from my 1983 interview, Weckl is telling me about his interest in how other musicians approach time. In 1983, no one else at MD thought Weckl warranted a feature interview. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/10/11/da…

Modern Drummer Cover Story: Who Decides?--The key deciding factor was: which drummer would sell the most magazines off newsstands? Subscribers paid in advance. Newsstand buyers had to be persuaded each monthly issue was worth buying. SKFBlog Full Story tinyurl.com/2usbswhp

Frankie Dunlop Interview Pt 1 of 7 youtu.be/hyS7nhMKvTo The interview took place in 1984. Key names discussed here include Georgie Clark, Gene Krupa, Johnny Rowland, Maynard Ferguson, Ed Shaughnessy, Louis Bellson, Charli Persip, Max Roach. tinyurl.com/482unsch

Mel Lewis on Calf Skin Drum Heads-Just the top of the snare drum and the bass drum batter head. That’s all. All my snare drums. I use calf skin on the top, on the batter head. And plastic on the bottom. I’ve been doing that for years. SKFBlog Full Story scottkfish.com/2014/10/25/me…

The Lightfoot Band, Edmond Town Hall Theater, Newtown, CT--Oct 8 @ 7-9. pm. Doors at 6 pm, Show at 7 pm: The Lightfoot Band are the original musicians who recorded and toured with Gordon Lightfoot for decades. For More Info: edmondtownhall.org/event/the…

Neil Peart–My Antipathy Toward Machines-Peart: You have a split second decision when the synthesizer is triggered. Either you go with it or you don’t. If the timing is wrong, or the machine is screwing the sequence up, you ignore it. SKFBlog Full Post scottkfish.com/2019/09/15/ne…

Fred Below: The Drum is a Beautiful Instrument if Played Correctly-"If you play it correctly. You can get beautiful sounds. And your drums should be tuned so that you can hear different tones coming out of all the different sizes." SKF Blog tinyurl.com/55y5bwz4

She Changed Her Mind - A Unique Song About Fatherhood and Abortion | Pin... youtube.com/shorts/8L3bbdAOS… via @YouTube

Mel Learns Roach from Dunlop-From my 9/8/77 Mel Lewis interview for MD. Lewis and Dunlop were boyhood friends. I like the image of young Dunlop traveling to NYC, taking lessons with Roach, and sharing what Roach taught him with Lewis. SKFBlog Full Post tinyurl.com/mwweaa42

Freddie Gruber-Teaching Saved My Life youtu.be/o71BCHOAJMA From tape Side B of my MD Gruber interview. Gruber's critics say, If Gruber's so great, why isn't he on records? There is evidence of Gruber on record, and of his teaching ability. SKFBlog tinyurl.com/4b64uctx

Freddie Gruber's Influences youtube.com/watch?v=G_72ibsf… Gruber grew up influenced by his environment, and by his associations with, and observations of, the great drummers of the Big Band and BeBop years. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/09/02/fr…

Neil Peart on Tony Williams’s ‘Fred’ youtu.be/X2FWgkcTc4U Tony Williams could make a fill sprawl all over the place time-wise, and then (snaps fingers) come back in. Which is enormously effective, from a drummer’s point of view. SKFBlog Full Post tinyurl.com/yeudnn7b

Fred Below: The Spiritual youtu.be/wLiF9iplEwQ This 7/9/82 interview was published in MD. I ask Below if he works on the spiritual side of his life. Most of my MD interviews include at least one question on the spiritual side of life. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/08/20/fr…

Meeting Gary Chester-I received a letter from a wife in upstate NY. She liked my 'History of Rock Drumming,' but thought her husband, Gary Chester, should've been included. I drove to the Chester home to interview Gary. SKFBlog Full Story scottkfish.com/2024/12/12/me…

Dave Weckl On Drumming Before and After Studying with Gary Chester (1983) tinyurl.com/rubrt9js From my 8/5/83 MD interview. Weckl is 23-yrs old, getting ready for arguably his first major gig. SKFBlog tinyurl.com/y9wp4nrw

James Black on Playing Brushes youtu.be/WDvWN97gaKw This Black interview appeared in the Dec 82 MD. The first person to get me excited about Black’s drumming was Jaimoe. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2018/08/15/ja…