A CUSTOM-BUILT DRUM AND CYMBAL $ WIN SET VALUED AT 14 ,000 READERS POLL RESULTS! MODERNTHE WORLD’S #1 DRUM MAGAZINE DRUMMERJuly 2013 GET MORE “CONTROL” RARE ESSENTIAL DRUM 12 PATTERNS FINISHES MISSING FROM STONE’S BOOK MESHUGGAH’S TOMAS HAAKE GEARS UP THE STICK SHOT UNIQUE TECHNIQUE The Dave Matthews Band’s CARTER BEAUFORD “I leave EVERYTHING on that stage.” ModernDrummer.com + BILLY HIGGINS INFLUENCES + MICHAEL SHRIEVE UPDATE + BRIAN CHIPPENDALE SOLO BOLTS CONTENTS Volume 37, Number 7 On the Cover 34 Carter Cover and contents photos by Rahav Beauford A gentler, more mature Carter Beauford? Well… He might be reining in the notes on EDUCATION record these days, but live, the Dave Matthews Band drummer is still letting it all hang out. 68 Strictly Technique The Missing Stickings by Ilya Stemkovsky 12 Essential Patterns Not Included in Stick Control by Mat Marucci 70 In the Pocket Funk Drumming Training Camp 12 Update Part 3: Originality and Flow by Mike Adamo • Original Santana drummer Michael Shrieve 72 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic • Arejay Hale of Halestorm Double Bass Fills Overlapping Into the Next Phrase, Part 2 by Powell Randolph 76 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop 24 Shop Talk The Stick Shot A Unique Technique for Ultimate Articulation The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Mark Cooper by Steve Fidyk The Roaring Twenties brought unprecedented color to every 80 In the Studio aspect of American culture—including drumset nishes. Seeing Sounds Part 2: The Deep, Fat “Thud” Here’s a glimpse at that explosion of style. by Donny Gruendler 30 Influences EQUIPMENT by Martin Patmos Billy Higgins 18 Product Close-Up His playing worked perfectly in musical situations ranging from • RBH Drums Monarch Drumset the reserved and traditional to the bold and brazen. And he • Vic Firth Shogun Series and Carter Beauford Signature Drumsticks always stayed true to himself. • Black Widow Drum Web • Ego Drum Supply 6x14 Single-Ply Myrtle Snare • Bosphorus Black Pearl Series Cymbals 52 2013 Modern Drummer 28 Gearing Up Meshuggah’s Tomas Haake Readers Poll Results The top players of today, as voted by the most educated 90 New and Notable drummers on the planet. (Psst: That would be you!) DEPARTMENTS 82 From the Past Classical Roots, Part 4: Harry Partch by Elizabeth Walsh 8 An Editor’s Overview Believe in You! by Billy Amendola An iconoclast of the highest order, he dispensed with traditional notions and created his own sonic universe. 10 Readers’ Platform 14 Ask a Pro Stephen Perkins, Bill Stewart 84 Portraits Brian Chippendale by Hank Shteamer 16 It’s Questionable L&S Basement Bass Drum Lightning Bolt’s drummer holds legendary status among fans of the raw, confrontational wing of indie rock. So why 94 Showcase Featuring Drum Market is he so interested in copping Rihanna beats these days? 98 Critique A Custom-Built 102 In Memoriam Herb Brochstein Drum and Cymbal $ Set Valued at 14,000 104 Kit of the Month Hale, Animal! WIN pg 83 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Founder MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: Kenny Aronoff, Eddie Bayers, Bill Bruford, Ronald Spagnardi Harry Cangany, Dennis DeLucia, Les 1943–2003 DeMerle, Len DiMuzio, Peter Erskine, Vic Believe in You! 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