Scott K Fish

Michael Shrieve - Meet Your Heroes & Move On youtu.be/O1yG85fy4j0 The MD interview we were creating was not easy to finish. Shrieve and I would finish an interview, and the music project he was working on would be replaced by a new project. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/11/07/mi…

Smoky Dacus - Drum Pioneer youtu.be/MPPLhv10v7s Smoky Dacus is a pivotal drummer. A drum pioneer. He was the first drummer to play in a country band. How Smokey adapted is a key piece of drumming history. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/11/05/sm…

Roy Haynes Drum Clinic: 'Nobody Teaches Like That'- "Everything don't have a name. If you're gonna play the same thing over and over again, and you gonna play only things you got a name for and that you know -- you're gonna be limited." SKFBlog tinyurl.com/yc8p96u4

Freddie Gruber--Putting Quality American DW Drums on the Map youtube.com/watch?v=cT5PmX5o… This interview clip is respected drum teacher, Freddie Gruber, telling me how he and Don Lombardi co-founded DW Drums. SKFBlog scottkfish.com/2026/10/31/fr…

Jimmy Webb Interview Pt 1 of 4 (1983) youtu.be/Q8F6S2ZoEWA "I should have worked harder," Webb said of his early years. "One of the biggest mistakes I made is assuming I had the magic formula, and anytime I wrote a song it was going to be a hit." tinyurl.com/49bae8bf

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…