Current Issue (January 2012 Cover Date)

Matt Chamberlain

Featuring
The 2012 MD Pro Panel
The Spin Doctors’ Aaron Comess
Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart

Influences:
Dennis Chambers

Update
J.P. “Thunderbolt” Patterson
Emily’s Army’s Joey Armstrong

Portraits
Animals as Leader’s Navene Koperweis

A Different View:
Marcus Miller

From The Past
Classical Roots, Part 3 John Cage

Gearing Up
Yellowcard’s Longineu Parsons III

Education
Concepts—Memorizing Tempos: Tips for Finding Your Own Reference Points
Strictly Technique — A Look at Hybrid Rudiments
Rock ‘N’ Jazz Clinic — Sticking the Beat: A Four-Step Process to Discovering New Grovves
Drum Soloist — Ostinato Studies Part 3: Metric Modulation
Funky Beat — Ideas FRom the Road: Soundcheck Grovves to Chew On

Product Close Up
DW Performance Series Drumset
Paiste Twenty Masters Collection
Ahead Armor Cases
Latin Percussion Stanton Moore Pandiero and Hi-Hat Shekere

Electronic Review
Avid Pro Tools

Shop Talk
The Working Drummer’s Survival Kit

Ask A Pro
Back Through the Stack With Jazz Vet  Ben Riley
Gimme 10! with Train’s Scott Underwood