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Articles in June 2017

Concepts

Hone Your Human GPS - Setting Goals, Defining Problems, and Devising Solutions

Concepts Hone Your Human GPS Setting Goals, Defining Problems, and Devising Solutions by Mark Schulman I’ve researched how people define GPS as it relates to the human condition, and I think best-selling author Jim Samuels’ philosophy is the simplest and…

Mark Schulman
Apr 26, 2017
Basics

Hi-Hat Splashes - Spicing Up Your Backbeats

https://vimeo.com/214561697 Basics Hi-Hat Splashes Spicing Up Your Backbeats by Rich Redmond The hi-hat foot splash is an under-used voice, especially among younger players. Performing the splash requires getting the ball of the foot and much of the leg involved in…

Rich Redmond
Apr 26, 2017
Reasons To Love

Reasons to Love: Roger Hawkins

Photo by Deborah Feingold Reasons to Love: Roger Hawkins by Jeff Potter Speaking matter-of-factly but with a hint of reflective wonderment, Roger Hawkins chuckles, “We just kind of made it up as we went along.” Specifically, the ace session drummer…

Jeff Potter
Apr 26, 2017
Departments

Hybrid Setups: Pros? Cons?

Readers' Platform Hybrid Setups: Pros? Cons? In recent years, electronic/acoustic hybrid setups have seen a relatively rapid rise in popularity. And it’s easy to see why, considering the dominance of produced sounds and tones in modern popular music and the…

Readers' Responses
Apr 26, 2017
Features

Anika Nilles

Welcome to the New Age

Story by Michael Dawson | Photos by Alex Solca
Apr 26, 2017
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Equipment

Medeski, Martin and Wood’s Billy Martin

Gearing Up Medeski, Martin and Wood’s Billy Martin Interview by Dave Previ Photos by Paul LaRaia We recently visited MMW co-founder Billy Martin at his home studio, which is a custom-built shed on the drummer’s New Jersey property that he…

Dave Previ
Apr 26, 2017
Education

1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page - Part 4: Orchestrated Flams on the Drumset

https://vimeo.com/214572182 Strictly Technique 1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page Part 4: Orchestrated Flams on the Drumset by Libor Hadrava Last month we learned how to interpret a single page of rhythms using flams. In this lesson we’ll apply this…

Libor Hadrava
Apr 26, 2017
Equipment

Nord Drum - 3P Multipad

Product Close-Up Nord 3P Multipad A powerful percussion-modeling synthesizer with nearly limitless sonic potential. These days, Swedish company Nord is most known for its distinctive red-colored keyboards. But the company’s founders, Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson, originally collaborated in 1983…

Michael Dawson
Apr 26, 2017
Education

Septuplet Permutations - Diving Deep Into an Odd Subdivision

https://vimeo.com/214568749 Rock Perspectives Septuplet Permutations Diving Deep Into an Odd Subdivision by Aaron Edgar I find that the best way to become proficient with a new subdivision is to isolate each partial within the grouping and then combine the partial…

Aaron Edgar
Apr 26, 2017
Equipment

Brass Ball Drums - Stave-Shell Snares

Product Close-Up Brass Ball Drums Stave-Shell Snares Innovative snares with a concave contour. Every so often, established drum shell designs are revisited for different reasons—to achieve increased resonance, to offer distinctive appearances, or to incorporate unconventional materials for construction. From…

Stephen Bidwell
Apr 26, 2017
Features

Rival Sons' Michael Miley

In the school of hard rock, the members of RIVAL SONS are at the top of their class. But even after logging thousands of miles opening for legends like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, they know that the journey never…

Ken Micallef
Apr 26, 2017
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Education

Playing Melodically - Part 1: “Billie’s Bounce”

https://vimeo.com/214234350 Jazz Drummer's Workshop Playing Melodically Part 1: “Billie’s Bounce” by Peter Erskine In this new series I hope to present my thoughts and pass along some experience and insights on playing jazz. Many of the upcoming topics will be…

Peter Erskine
Apr 26, 2017
Education

Groove Construction - Part 13: Left-Handed Split Grooves

https://vimeo.com/214560953 Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic Groove Construction Part 13: Left-Handed Split Grooves by Jost Nickel In this workshop we’re expanding a groove concept that I introduced in the January 2017 issue, in which we split the right hand between two…

Jost Nickel
Apr 26, 2017
Features

Poison’s Rikki Rockett

Features Poison’s Rikki Rockett Story by Patrick Berkery Photos by Alex Solca In July of 2015, Rikki Rockett, the happy-go-lucky drummer for one of the most notorious bands to emerge from the Sunset Strip in the ’80s, was diagnosed with…

Patrick Berkery
Apr 26, 2017
Critique

Marcus Baylor takes the reins, Bowie memoir, and more

Critique Recordings The Baylor Project The JourneyA former Yellowjacket and his creative/life partner drop a funky and finely detailed collection that isn’t shy to show a little tenderness or to head down lots of creative avenues. As the album-opening “Block…

Various Authors
Apr 26, 2017
Equipment

Zildjian - K Custom Special Dry Series

Product Close-Up Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Series The orginal dark, dry cymbals return with an expanded palette. Zildjian originally released a limited range of Special Dry series cymbals in 2003, and many drummers flocked to them for their unique…

Michael Dawson
Apr 26, 2017
Departments

Split Hybrid

Kit of the Month Split Hybrid This hybrid electronic/acoustic drumset comes to us from the New York City–based drummer Howard Alper, who explains that the ability to combine traditional acoustic drums with loops and samples enables unique solo performances on…

Modern Drummer
Apr 26, 2017
Departments

Alphonse Mouzon

In Memoriam Alphonse Mouzon At the very end of last year the drumming world said its final goodbyes to the influential jazz-rock drummer Alphonse Mouzon. Although he was not quite as recognizable among the wider drumming audience as pioneering players…

MD Pro Panel
Apr 26, 2017
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