Flipbook
October 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 10
Features
Bruno Mars’ Eric “E-Panda” Hernandez
Bon Jovi’s Tico Torres
Kendrick Lamar’s Tony “Rico” Nichols
Lamb of God’s Chris Adler
Slayer’s Final World Tour
Damian Marley‘s Courtney “Bam“ Diedrick
From the Track to the Stage: Breathing Life into a Recording
Basics
Essential Sight-Reading
Education
Kicked-Up Bell Patterns
Al Foster on “Ev’rything I Love”
Tooling with Perspectives
Drumset Ergonomics – Part 4: Snare and Floor Tom Positioning
Equipment
Sugar Percussion – Stave Mahogany Bop Kit
Paiste – Masters Dry and Extra Dry Rides
Yamaha – EAD10 Electronic Acoustic Drum Module
Canopus – Hybrid Series Hardware
Train’s Drew Shoals
New Drum Gear from Roland, Promark, Matoon Drums, Pearl, Zildjian, Melodics, and Gretsch!
An Editor's Overview
Pre-Gig Calibration
Departments
Remembering Pat Torpey, Learning to Read Music, the 1978 Issue, Roy Burns, and Dropped Beats
Joe Magistro on the Magpie Salute’s High Water I
Conrad Choucroun with White Denim
Perfect Beings’ Sean Reinert
Bernard Purdie
Critique
Jonathan Barber, Kobie Watkins Grouptet, Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band, Jack DeJohnette, and more!
John “Jabo” Starks: 1938-2018
Jethro Tull’s Stand Up
The “Bam Bam” Kit
Backbeats
Industry Happenings, Who’s Playing What, and more
