May 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 05

Ultimate Ears Pro UE 6 Pro

This month we look at the Ultimate Ears' UE 6 Pro custom molds, which were designed with gigging drummers in mind to provide high-quality sounds.

Spinbal

Spinbal is a unique ball-bearing-based washer allows for nearly endless sonic and visual possibilities and offers the benefit of extending the life of the cymbal itself.

Jharis Yokley with My Brightest Diamond

Innovative indie-pop act, My Brightest Diamond, embarked on a North American tour opening for the Canadian alternative group Stars.

What’s Your Favorite 2000s Metal Drumming Album?

Heavy metal underwent significant change between 2000 and 2010, as the genre continually split into new styles.

The Duality of 16th-Note Meters

Time signatures such as 15/16, 17/16, and 29/16 can bring out anxiety in drummers who aren’t familiar with them. The truth of the matter is that they’re only slightly different from quarter-or 8th-note meters, which are far more common.

Vintage Potpourri

David Levit, a drummer, educator, and sound engineer based in Mount Prospect, Illinois, pieced together this month’s featured kit from various vintage drums he collected throughout his career.

Ani DiFranco’s Terence Higgins

Terence Higgins somehow manages to balance projects with Ani DiFranco, Don Was, George Porter & Ivan Neville, John Medeski’s Mad Skillet, and Tab Benoit

Enduring Effort

The first time I saw MD at a shopping mall bookstore in the early 2000s, I remember thinking, Wait, someone makes a magazine for US?

May 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 05

PASIC18

The Percussive Arts Society held its annual international convention this past November 14–17 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis.

New Releases by Kyle Crane, The BBB, Flav Martin, MewithoutYou, The Neal Morse Band, and more

New releases featuring Jerry Marotta, Bernie Dresel, Mike Portnoy and more

Josh Groban’s Kaz Rodriguez

Take a perusal of London-based drummer Kaz Rodriguez’s social media videos, and it quickly becomes evident that he cannot be easily pigeonholed.

Pfeifer Drum Co. Snares

Pfeifer launched the brand in 2017 with the September series, which features an innovative snare design with nine lugs and off set snare wires.

P!nk’s Mark Schulman

“Mark has been a special part of my band for twelve-plus years, during that time we’ve developed a super close-knit touring family,

RBH Westwood Series Drumset

All RBH drum shells are handmade by Hagwood at the RBH shop in Virginia Beach, so there’s no difference in quality or craftsmanship between the Monarch and Westwood series.

Navene Koperweis on Whitechapel’s The Valley

Koperweis’s distinctly huge and open drum tone sings throughout The Valley, a rarity in a genre where you’re more apt to hear controlled kit sounds or samples.

MD Subscriber Exclusive: P!nk’s Mark Schulman On…

We had so many more cool stories left over from Mark Schulman’s May 2019 feature cover story that we decided to share them here.

Innovative Percussion

Two of IP’s latest signature designs are for legendary session drummer John “JR” Robinson and punk/metal great Brooks Wackerman.

Funkify Your Swing Feel

Fusing rhythms from one style of music to another can help a player develop new ideas and fresh rhythmic approaches that might not have yet been previously explored.