Hi everyone!

I am sooooooooo sorry to have left the site slightly static for a while. I have been so busy as of late. The site will be moving shortly and joining forces with another site where the content will have the same focus for Christian drummers worldwide. Please be patient as it may take a month or two before I do anything official. At this time in my life I am having to focus my energies on activities that provide a source of income (for obvious reasons!).

I am happy to see so many articles still being accessed and commented on. I am even ruffling some feathers with some of my articles! hahaa

Do stay in touch, keep your ear to the ground and you will see how The Christian Drummer grows before your very eyes very soon!

Thanks again for all the encouragement!

Matt

Hi there, I have the wonderful opportunity to sit under the teaching of some master Djembe drummers in Senegal for two weeks. I will be away from tomorrow. Please don’t panic if your mail is not replied to or comments not approved, I will not be online for that time. Out of the UK winter into the tropical West African climate… yay! Will update everyone with what went down when I get back!

Hi everyone

Apologies for not having an article this month.

I have some important news coming regarding the site. So do keep watching this space! Things are changing… (oh, and it’s all good!)

Matt

Todd Reid  began his musical journey on 3 coffee cans with ballpoint pens as sticks at the age of 8. His father, also a musician, found him one day in the living room banging away at his “drums”…ink was everywhere! His father quickly figured that Todd would soon ruin the house if a set of real drums was not found.

A real set [circa 1960s Ludwig] was procured from his boss and Todd began drum lessons on his ninth birthday. Not long after that, they found a restaurant close to their house in Kettering OH, that had live jazz 4 nights a week. That did it…Todd knew right then what the rest of his life would in pursuit of!

Todd has since been very active in the jazz scene, playing with folks like Eddie Daniels, Bobby Shew, Nick Brignola, Charles McPherson, Nnenna Freelon, Roseanna Vitro, Eddie Harris, Lew Tabackin, Rickey Woodard, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ingrid Jensen, Jon Hendricks, Richie Cole, Javon Jackson, Red Holloway, Mose Allison, Bob Dorough and a host of others.

Todd has been most gracious in granting me some of his time so I could ask him some questions about his jazz drumming, his painting and also his faith. Many thanks Todd, I hope to meet you one day in person!

Enjoy the interview below. For more info you can visit Todd’s site here : http://www.toddreid.com

The interview starts…now: Continue reading »

As I ponder this new year and what articles to write for Christian drummers all over the world, I am very aware of the needs of Christian drummers in whatever situations they may find themselves. I really want to be focused and not allow the site to be a ‘Matt’s-only’ blog (although the blog side will always be a part of this site!) but a site that continues to be a resource and reference point for Christian drummers all over. In saying that, I like to think that I am sensitive to what God is wanting me to write on the site. I would like to share some potential topic titles for up-and-coming articles on the site and see what sort of responses I would get from visitors to the site so as to help me gauge/weight the topics and write stuff that other drummers will enjoy reading. Continue reading »