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Rock & Jazz Clinic: Double Bass Fills, Part 1
Click here to check out audio files to accompany the Rock & Jazz Clinic article on double bass fills from the June 2013 issue.
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In the Studio: Seeing Sounds, Part 1: All-Purpose Pop/Rock
Click here to check out the first in a series of In the Studio articles on drum sounds.
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MD Education Team Weighs In On: Ergonomics
Click here to check out what the MD Education Team members have to say about setting up your drumset for maximum results.
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Electronic Insights: Minimal Miking Techniques
Click here to check out an article on minimal miking techniques for achieving a natural drum sound.
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Rock Perspectives: Half-Time Shuffle
Click here to check out a video demonstrating many of the half-time shuffle grooves transcribed in the Rock Perspectives column in the April 2013 issue.
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Playing With a Band
Part 2: Tracking a Song Without a Strong ClickI once attended a superb drum clinic given by studio/rock great Kenny Aronoff. His playing was world-class, but the insight he gave into the mind of a consummate session artist was invaluable. This lesson is based on those ideas and covers ways to develop your musical perception, discrimination, memory, and rhythmic understanding….
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Electronic Review: AKD D12 VR Bass Drum Microphone
Click here to check out test recordings of the reissued AKG D12 VR bass drum microphone.
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Modern Drummer Adds CD to Progressive Independence: Rock Book
Progressive Independence: Rock is designed to help you gain an extremely high level of coordinated independence for rock drumming performance, thereby freeing all four limbs from dependence on one another. Once the material in this book has been mastered, you’ll be capable of playing almost any rhythmic figure on snare and bass drum, in combination with six varied hi-hat/cymbal patterns, while the hi-hat foot plays quarter notes, 8th notes, or upbeat 8ths….
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Popular Play-Alongs, Part 5: Rap-Rock
Click here for part 5 of our Popular Play-Alongs series. This time we cover rap-rock.
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Jason Bonham Celebration Day Transcription
Late in 2012, Led Zeppelin released Celebration Day, a CD/DVD that documents the band’s 2007 reunion concert at the O2 arena in London. The opening number was “Good Times Bad Times”—a song that Zeppelin rarely performed live. Jason Bonham, filling in for his late father, John, captured the essence of the song, playing his dad’s signature patterns while adding his own interpretation….
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Around the World: Indian Clave
Click here to check out the recording of “Indian Clave,” by Pete Lockett and Horacio “el Negro” Hernandez, for the March 2013 Around the World column.
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MD Education Team Weighs In On: Learning Jazz
We asked the members of the MD Education Team if they think it’s important for their students to study jazz. Here’s what they had to say….
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Popular Play-Alongs, Part 4: Dance-Rock
Click here to check out our fourth play-along article, which covers the contemporary genre dance-rock.
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Popular Play-Alongs, Part 3: Synth Metal
Click here to check out the chart and audio files that accompany part 3 of our “Popular Play-Alongs” series.
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Sennheiser Evolution e900 Series Microphones
Click here to check out the Sennheiser e900 series microphones.
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Around the World: More Indian Rhythms for Drumset
Click here to watch Indian rhythm specialist Pete Lockett demonstrate some of the ideas from his Around the World article in the December 2012 issue.
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Buddy Rich: Style & Analysis
Click here to check out a classic Buddy Rich transcription from “West Side Story.”
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MD Education Team Weighs In On: Traditional Grip
Is traditional grip a useful technique that drum students should learn? We asked the members of the MD Education Team if they think traditional grip is relevant in today’s teachings. Here’s what they had to say.
