July 2013 Issue – Volume 38 • Number 7
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Articles in July 2013
In The Pocket - Funk Drumming Training Camp
In The Pocket Funk Drumming Training Camp Part 3: Originality and Flow by Mike Adamo In the previous two lessons (May and June 2013), we discussed the importance of groove and feel, and we covered ways to develop those concepts.…
Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic - Double Bass Fills Part 2
Overlapping Into the Next Phrase, Part 2 by Powell Randolph The purpose of this lesson, which is a continuation of what we explored in part one (June 2013), is to show you how to overlap bass drum notes at the…
Strictly Technique - The Missing Stickings
Strictly Technique The Missing Stickings 12 Essential Patterns Not Included in Stick Control by Mat Marucci The inspiration for this article came from years of studying out of George Lawrence Stone’s Stick Control for the Snare Drummer. I’ve practiced that…
Jazz Drummer's Workshop - The Stick Shot
A Unique Technique for Ultimate Articulation by Steve Fidyk This month we’re spotlighting the stick shot, a technique that’s fairly specific to the jazz lexicon. To obtain this alternate sound, press one drumstick tip against the head at approximately 30…
In Memoriam - Herb Brochstein
In Memoriam Herb Brochstein by Lauren Vogel Weiss Irvin “Herb” Brochstein, the founder of Pro-Mark Drumsticks, passed away this past January at the age of eighty-five. A native of Houston, Texas, Brochstein moved to Chicago to study with PAS Hall…
In The Studio - Seeing Sounds
In The Studio Seeing Sounds Part 2: The Deep, Fat “Thud” by Donny Gruendler There’s been a trend in recent years of drummers going for deep, dark, heavily muffled tones, whether in indie rock or mainstream pop. Steve Jordan did…
Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic: Double Bass Fills
Overlapping Into the Next Phase, Part 1 by Powell Randolph The purpose of this lesson is to show you how to overlap bass drum notes at the end of a phrase into a crash at the beginning of the next…
Influences - Billy Higgins
Influences Billy Higgins The Great Facilitator by Marvin Patmos The year was 1959, and in New York City, Ornette Coleman’s quartet was creating a bona fide controversy with its six-week run at the Five Spot. The music was rhythmically loose…
Carter Beauford
Carter Beauford Story by Ilya Stemkovsky Photos by Rahav A full fifteen years after the Dave Matthews Band drummer’s last MD cover story, he and his mates remain as popular as ever. In that time, much has changed in Carter’s…
