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Gallery of Groove
For the second year in a row, the global pandemic chased the Modern Drummer Festival to an online venue. But we were unbowed.
Presented by the MD team and produced by Thom Mozloom’s crew at M Network, we were able to unleash one of the most diverse festivals ever. Play-throughs, product demos, seminars, drum duels, song premieres, tributes, and more—all presented by players of various ages and styles—populated this year’s three-hour, on-demand video show. Drum-community supporters included Sweetwater, Vic Firth, Zildjian, Crabby Tools, Autumn Hill Records, Mapex, Got Pocket? Apparel, DW Drums, and Drum Channel.
The Modern Drummer staff was extremely heartened that, at a time with continued uncertainty and angst in the music community due to COVID, so many artists, educators, celebrities, and drum manufacturers rallied around the festival…
