Rod Morgenstein

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{short description|American drummer (born 1953)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rod Morgenstein | birth_name = | image = Rod Morgenstein (cropped).jpg | caption = Morgenstein in 2008 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|19}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | instrument = {{flatlist| * Drums * percussion }} | genre = {{flatlist| * Progressive rock * jazz fusion * hard rock * glam metal * progressive metal }} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Musician *educator }} | years_active = 1973–present | label = | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * Dixie Dregs * Winger * Fiona * Platypus * Jelly Jam * Rudess/Morgenstein Project }} | website = }}

'''Rod Morgenstein''' (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schlenker|first=Dave|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19920911&id=cEFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3372,3528540|title=Steve Morse and the Dregs on the road again|date=September 11, 1992|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref>

He also played with Fiona, Platypus, the Steve Morse Band, and Jelly Jam. He has also done session work with Jordan Rudess including his ventures with the Rudess/Morgenstein Project.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/drums/rudess-morgenstein-project-announce-four-us-dates-586606|title=Rudess Morgenstein Project announce four US dates|date=October 22, 2013|publisher=musicradar.com|accessdate=January 31, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221104746/http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/drums/rudess-morgenstein-project-announce-four-us-dates-586606|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also toured with Jazz Is Dead.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hochanadel|first=Michael|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=20020405&id=RXshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1562,862191|title=Jazz is Dead to jam on Grateful Undead songs at Van Dyck|date=April 5, 2002|newspaper=The Daily Gazette|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Zimmerman|first=Curtis|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19990809&id=vPtJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GB4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4919,6352871|title=Jazz Is Dead Laughing Wake Water 'Wake Of The Laughing Flood'|date=August 9, 1999|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref> He has also been awarded ''Modern Drummer''{{'}}s "Best Progressive Rock Drummer" five years (1986-'90), "Best All-Around Drummer" (1999) and was inducted into magazine's Honor Roll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodmorgenstein.com/about.html|title=About|publisher=rodmorgenstein.com|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref>

He worked for twenty years as a professor, teaching percussion at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Morgenstein continues to tour with the band Winger. He has also been a columnist for ''Modern Drummer'' magazine.

Morgenstein is known for his versatility of playing many styles of music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2010/11/rod-morgenstein/#.UuwUFvsmZnI|title=Rod Morgenstein:Cross-Genre Ripping|date=November 15, 2010|publisher=moderndrummer.com|accessdate=January 31, 2014}}</ref>

==Equipment== Morgenstein currently uses Premier drums, Evans Drumheads, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks, and LP Percussion. He has, in the past, also used Remo drumheads and Paiste cymbals.

Drums: Premier signia series (also uses the genista series): * 22" x 18" bass drums (x2) * 10" x 9" rack tom * 12" x 10" rack tom * 13" x 11" rack tom * 16" x 16" floor tom * 18" x 16" floor tom * 14" x 6.5" snare * 14" x 4" piccolo snare

Drumheads: Evans: * Snare: G1 Coated or Power Center Reverse Dot/300 Snare Side * Toms: EC2S Clear or G1 Clear (top and resonant) * Bass: EQ4 Clear/EQ3 Black Bass Reso

Drumsticks: Vic Firth: * Vic Firth Rod Morgenstein signature drumsticks (Length 16.12", Diameter: .610") - described as essentially combining a 5B and 2B stick

Cymbals: Sabian: * AA regular hi-hats 13" * HH china kang 10"/AA splash 10" (stacked) * AA splash 12" * AA splash 10" * AA splash 8" * AAX stage crash 18"/cymbal disc 12" (stacked) * AAX stage crash 16" (or studio crash) * AA splash 10" * Signature tri-top ride 21" * HH china 20" * HH thin crash 18"

Paiste cymbals (circa 1984): * RUDE 14" hi-hats * Formula 602 11" splash * RUDE 16" crash/ride * RUDE 18" crash/ride * 2002 18" medium * RUDE 20" ride/crash * Formula 602 22" heavy * 2002 20" china type * Sound Creation 22" dark china

Cymbals circa 1988: * 3000 14" sound edge hi-hats * Formula 602 11" splash * 3000 17" thin crash * 3000 18" thin crash * 3000 19" thin crash * RUDE 22" ride/crash * Sound Creation 20" dark china

==Discography== ===with Dixie Dregs=== *''The Great Spectacular'' (1976) *''Free Fall'' (1977) *''What If'' (1978) *''Night of the Living Dregs'' (1979) *''Dregs of the Earth'' (1980) *''Unsung Heroes'' (1981) *''Industry Standard'' (1982) *''Full Circle'' (1994)

===with The Steve Morse Band=== *''The Introduction'' (1984) *''Stand Up'' (1985) *''High Tension Wires'' (1989)

===with Winger=== *''Winger'' (1988) *''In the Heart of the Young'' (1990) *''Pull'' (1993) *''IV'' (2006) *''Karma'' (2009) *''Better Days Comin''' (2014) *''Seven'' (2023)

===with Fiona=== *''Heart Like a Gun'' (1989)

===with Rudess/Morgenstein Project=== *''Rudess/Morgenstein Project'' (1997) *''The Official Bootleg'' (2001)

===with Platypus=== *''When Pus Comes to Shove'' (1998) *''Ice Cycles'' (2000)

===with The Jelly Jam=== * ''The Jelly Jam'' (2002) * ''The Jelly Jam 2'' (2004) * ''Shall We Descend'' (2011) * ''Profit'' (2016)

===with Jazz Is Dead=== * ''Laughing Water'' (1999) * ''Great Sky River'' (2001) * ''Grateful Jazz'' (2015)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{cc}} * {{Official website|http://www.rodmorgenstein.com}} * [http://www.berklee.edu/people/rod-morgenstein Berklee College of Music profile]

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