Members EdDrums Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 Well i wanna suscribe to a drum magazie but im not sure which one i should suscribe to Modern Drummer or DRUM!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArtVandelay Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 I find MD covers a more diverse range of styles. Drum! seems to focus more on what's popular now. Though that may have changed since I last looked at Drum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pjb Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 modern drummer for me. The feature articles are longer and better written, and they do cover a broad range of artists. I used to own over 200 issues of various drum magazines and I sold all of them last year for $60........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Old Steve Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 Yeah, I like Modern Drummer better too. Drum! seems to be edited more for younger drummers who are more likely to be interested in current popular music styles. Modern Drummer, as pjb points out, seems to cover a broader range of things. I can't tell you how many times I've read about a drummer that I never heard of playing music that I don't listen to in Modern Drummer and picked up something that can be transfered to whatever I'm doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drummin_dude Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 I have had my MD subscription for quite a while now. There always seems to be tons of articles with great info. I have picked up a couple issues of DRUM!, the Elvin Jones tribute and the Prog-Rock special, but other then those, the magazines seems to focus on "popular" music. - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ignited Posted February 9, 2005 Members Share Posted February 9, 2005 Drum! magazine is about 90% advertisements, and only about 10% drumming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShishKaboom! Posted February 10, 2005 Members Share Posted February 10, 2005 Rhythm is great too, less adverts more technique plus there's a CD each month, if you're overseas then it would be simple enough to get an overseas subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArtVandelay Posted February 10, 2005 Members Share Posted February 10, 2005 I remember when Rhythm came out years ago and it was pretty good. I've only seen it in a store maybe twice over the past 5 years so I have no idea how to get a copy without subscribing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steamyz Posted February 13, 2005 Members Share Posted February 13, 2005 Borders carries rythm....i like it best - and the CD is awesome. The others should pick up on that and run with it, considering how easy it is to produce these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rca Posted February 13, 2005 Members Share Posted February 13, 2005 Originally posted by steamyz Borders carries rythm....i like it best - and the CD is awesome. The others should pick up on that and run with it, considering how easy it is to produce these days. CD distribution is old technology now. Publishing is into web based distribution. Check out Modern Drummers Web site for supplements to its articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShishKaboom! Posted February 13, 2005 Members Share Posted February 13, 2005 That's as may be but there's nothing like a cd you can pop in your player and jam along to, the backing tracks and lessons on the Rhythm cd are on the whole well worth the cost of the magazine, if they put the articles and lessons on the web for download you'd then have to burn them to cd yourself to use,(yes I know cd's only cost about 8p but that's beside the point) not everyone has or wants computer, even in this day and age and there's nothing to beat having those smooth glossy pages to browse through at your leisure, on the bus to work or sitting out in the garden on a sunny day or to look engrossed in to avoid housework, sex etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steamyz Posted February 13, 2005 Members Share Posted February 13, 2005 Originally posted by rca CD distribution is old technology now. Publishing is into web based distribution. Check out Modern Drummers Web site for supplements to its articles. The CD is not a suppliment to the magazine. Rather, it contains lessons and a couple of songs by major artists without drum parts for you to play along. There is an instructer teaching the styles and different grooves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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