November 2002

An Editor's Overview

It ALL Comes Back Around

Kit of the Month

A Late Bloomer Gets Her Tama Dream Kit

JAZZ INSIGHTS

Music Minus One

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

Yamaha EAD50 Part 2: It Feels Like Home 

Industry Happenings

YAMAHA YOUNG PERFORMING ARTISTS COMPETITION, MID ATLANTIC DRUM CAMP SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST WINNERS

On the Cover

Lamb of God’s Art Cruz: Learning and Listening, Musical Moments, and Healthy Obsessions

Features

Greg Clark Jr. Taking Things Seriously and Keeping Things Interesting with Will Smith and Stanley Clarke

Features

Jimmy Madison: Drumming. Climbing. Living.

Features

Jeff Elwood: Engineering A New Way to Play

Strictly Technique

Applications on the Drumset: Part 2

Basics

Tapping Into Your Drumming Intuition

Rock Perspectives

Progressive Drumming Essentials: Another New Realm of Groove

Jazz Drummer's Workshop

Master Studies II: Sticking Variations in Groups of Five

Teacher's Forum

The New Breed: (Even More) Advanced Reading

Collector's Corner

Elvin Jones’ First Set of 1982 American K Zildjians with Embossed Bag

Out Now

Out Now June 2026

Recording Spotlight

Aerosmith (Legendary Edition)

EYE CANDY

Isaac Carpenter’s Guns N’ Roses Touring Kit (B-Rig) 

Transcriptions

Tower of Power’s “The Skunk, The Goose and The Fly,” from East Bay Grease. Drummer, David Garibaldi

New and Notable

YAMAHA EAD50, NEW PORTER & DAVIES USERS, NEW AKAI SOFTWARE UPDATE

Product Close-Up

Speed-A-Beat: Universal Bass Drum Pedal Roller-Ball Module 

Flipbook

June 2026 – Volume 50 • Number 6