Featuring amazing performances and illuminating interviews from eleven of todays greatest drum artists, the 2008 Modern Drummer Festival is much more than merely the highlights of the most prestigious, longest-running, largest live drumming event in the world.
The deluxe Modern Drummer Festival 2008 package is also an incredible educational resource that provides in-depth insights and exclusive instruction from one of the most musical and musically diverse groups of drummers in the Festivals 20-year history.
Full Interviews are an integral part of the complete MD08 package that allow the artists to augment their on-stage performances with back-stage explanations and demonstrations of their concepts, backgrounds, influences, techniques, interpretations and compositions.Included are inspiring conversations with each drummer as well as unprecedented drummer-to-drummer interviews, such as Simon Phillips-Gavin Harrison, Ndugu Chancler-Will Calhoun and Todd Sucherman-Derek Roddy.
The interviews bring new levels of education and value to the entertainment and excitement of the program. Of course, MD08 also contains extensive, multi-camera coverage of the spectacular drumming that has made the Modern Drummer Festival a must-see event for drummers around the world. While some players offer solo performances, others play with pre-recorded tracks or live bands during their Festival segments.
