September 2016 Issue – Volume 40 • Number 9
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Articles in September 2016
Jazz Drummer's Workshop - Five-Note Patterns
Analyzing and Exploring an Odd Grouping by Greg Sundel We discussed Tony Williams’ use of five-note ride patterns in the February 2015 issue of Modern Drummer. In this lesson we’ll analyze approaches that Max Roach and Bill Stewart have used…
Concepts - Playing From The Inside Out
Concepts Playing From The Inside Out Remove the Unintentional by Russ Miller This month I’d like to discuss one of the biggest issues I see with young drummers: the loose and questionable sound of unintentional ideas. This usually happens during…
Rock Perspectives - Groove Contraction
Rock Perspectives Groove Contraction Creating Tension and Release by Aaron Edgar Groove contraction can create rhythmic tension and release. Similar to how, with implied metric modulation, we can use new subdivisions to trick listeners into feeling like the quarter-note pulse…
Around The World - African Pop Meets American Funk
Around The World African Pop Meets American Funk Exploring the Mangambe Rhythm by Steve Rucker Popular African pop rhythms from the past twenty to thirty years are starting to appear in American funk music. In this article we’ll explore the…
Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic - Groove Construction
Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic Groove Construction Part 5: Ghost Notes Using an Ostinato Approach by Jost Nickel Ghost notes are an excellent way to expand your dynamic range. In this lesson, we’ll focus on dynamics and technique while working on…
Strictly Technique - Hearing The Click On The "E"
Strictly Technique Hearing The Click On The "E" Shifting the Metronome to Improve Time by Powell Randolph In this lesson, we’ll work on shifting our perception of a metronome so that we’re hearing each quarter-note pulse as the second 16th…
Paal Nilssen-Love
Paal Nilssen-Love by Ken Micallef And his work in a group context can be equally spellbinding. But, he insists, “it’s not being in control of the music—it’s letting the music control you.” Imagine an organic synthesis of Elvin Jones,…
In Memoriam: Remo Belli 1927–2016
In Memoriam Remo Belli 1927–2016 Remo Belli started out like most of us: a humble drummer, looking to make a difference on the scene. Even he could not have predicted that, in time, that scene would encompass all of…
Up & Coming: Poly-Math’s Chris Woollison
by Ilya Stemkovsky Drawing from sources ranging from King Crimson and Santana to Thrice and the Mars Volta, this British band and its refreshingly chops-un-obsessed drummer are boldly staking their ground on the new-prog scene. The progressive British trio…
Steven Tyler’s Sarah Tomek
Story by Adam Budofsky Photos by Rick Malkin Greetings from…Nashville? How a girl from Jersey left the nest to realize the drumming dreams of her father and power the solo success of a true rock ’n’ roll icon. Sometimes you…
Catching Up With… Good Tiger’s Alex Rüdinger
Catching Up With… Good Tiger’s Alex Rüdinger by Ben Meyer “There might be a misperception online that this is a one-off side project for us,” the tech-metal marvel says of his new all-star project, “but it’s very much our full-time…
Catching Up With…Jason Bittner
Catching Up With… Jason Bittner by David Ciauro As Shadows Fall goes into hibernation, the drummer reconnects— and makes his mark with—an early influence. In 2007, at the Sounds of the Underground festival in Phoenix, Arizona, where Shadows Fall…
Snarky Puppy’s Holy Trinity
Snarky Puppy’s Holy Trinity Robert “Sput” Searight, Jason “JT” Thomas, Larnell Lewis Photos by Stella K. For Culcha Vulcha, Snarky Puppy’s eleventh album and first studio effort in close to a decade, bandleader, bassist, and primary composer Michael League recruited…
Product Close-Up - Tama Superstar Classic Drumset
Product Close-Up Tama Superstar Classic Drumset by Dave Ciauro Competitively priced with a nod to the past and tones for the contemporary. Tama’s all-maple Superstar Classic kits are now available with a striking Jet Blue Burst lacquer finish, which…
Product Close-Up - Promark ActiveGrip Forward 5A Drumsticks
Product Close-Up Promark ActiveGrip Forward 5A Drumsticks by Michael Dawson Coated for a touch of tackiness as the intensity level increases. Promark experimented with its ActiveGrip coating on Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche’s signature Active Wave 570 stick, which was released…
Product Close-Up - C&C Maple Gum Drumset
by Nate Bauman Classic Jasper-style 6-ply shells with a contemporary twist. I sat down behind a C&C kit for the first time about three years ago. It was a beautiful luan mahogany Player Date setup, and it was one of…
Product Close-Up - Zildjian S Family Cymbals
Product Close-Up Zildjian S Family Cymbals by Michael Dawson A new B12-bronze lineup with broader musical scope. After two years of research and development, Zildjian has released a new series of B12 (12% tin and 88% copper) cymbals, the…
