Flipbook
February 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 2
Features
Steve Nisbett of the Iconic Reggae Band Steel Pulse
An Editor's Overview
Around and Around We Go
Italian Vintage Drums and Cymbals
Sonny Emory
Pearl Jam/Soundgarden Drummer Matt Cameron Enlists David Bowie’s Blackstar Drummer, Mark Guiliana, for His Latest Solo Album
Matt Wilson – The Ambassador of Unvention
Jim Eno of Spoon
JD McPherson’s Jason Smay
Booker Stardrum
Tony Newman
Dare to Drum
Basics
The Fundamentals of 3/4 Rock
Education
Moeller Through the Chapin Lens
Two-Limb Patterns
Bebop Syncopation
Exploring Five-Over-Three
Concepts
Understanding and Utilizing Fear
Equipment
Hendrix – Perfect Ply Series Drumset
Beier – 6.5×15 and 7.5×15 Steel Snares
DW – 5000 Series Lowboy Hi-Hat
Vater – Acorn Tip and Player’s Design Drumstick Additions
Led Zeppelin Experience’s Jason Bonham
The George Way Drum Company
New Gear from SJC, OCDP, Protection Racket, Rhythm House Drums, DrumLite, and Black Swamp!
Departments
Can Feel Be Taught, or Is It a Gift?
James Cassells on Asking Alexandria’s Asking Alexandria
Yamaha Drums Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary, Tyshawn Sorey Receives MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Sabian Appoints New Director of Research and Product Development, and more!
Critique
Led Zeppelin book, Carl Palmer DVD, Peter Erskine, Todd Sucherman, and more!
Paul Wertico’s Turn the Beat Around
Backbeats
PROGPOWER USA XVIII
Tailor-Made Top Hat
Elizabeth Goodfellow With Iron & Wine
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