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Perfect for live performance applications. Visit gen-16.com for more information. SOUND LEGACY CONTENTS Cover and contents photos by Rahav Volume 37, Number 9 EDUCATION 72 Strictly Technique On the Cover Playing the Sixes Part 2: Speed and Orchestration by Chris Prescott 74 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic 44 Dino Danelli The Odds Are in Your Favor Three-, Five-, and Seven-Note Fills by Mark Powers Once upon a time, the Rascals were the coolest, most innovative American rock ’n’ roll band—and they featured 78 Rock Perspectives the scene’s coolest, most innovative drummer. Today, forty Double Bass Workout Part 2: Grooves by Todd Vinciguerra years after their breakup, they’ve returned—and they’re tearing it up. by Bob Girouard 80 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Approaching Standards A Framework for Musical Practice, Part 1: Phrasing by Steve Fidyk 82 In the Studio 12 Update Seeing Sounds Part 3: Funk by Donny Gruendler • The Aristocrats’ Marco Minnemann • Mission of Burma’s Peter Prescott EQUIPMENT 26 Product Close-Up Tower of Power: In the Slot by Ken Micallef 34 Encore • Sabian Cymbal Vote 2013 Winners So precise, so grooving, so in uential. David Garibaldi and • Rochefort Custom Drumset and Snares company’s powerful sixth album is always ripe for analysis. • Dixson Bass Drum Lift • Liverpool Brazilian-Made Drumsticks • Acoutin Custom Metal/Wood Snare Drums 36 Portraits Arturo Stable by Michael Dawson Whether he’s collaborating with heavyweight jazz artists or 32 Gearing Up Marilyn Manson’s Jason Sutter leading his own unique ensembles, he’s always respecting old ideas, and courting new ones. 86 Shop Talk Ludwig Supra-Phonic Snare by Mark Cooper 88 New and Notable 56 Antonio Sanchez by Michael Dawson The Pat Metheny/Gary Burton drummer has released the rst album completely made up of his own compositions. Here he details the remarkable kit work found on each track. DEPARTMENTS 8 An Editor’s Overview Know Your History by Michael Parillo 64 Jon Wurster by Adam Budofsky The loyal Superchunk band member has also been a signi cant contributor of late to the music of Bob Mould and Mountain 10 Readers’ Platform Goats. Meanwhile, his sharp comedic work gets props from all corners, including the Twitter followers at Rolling Stone. 18 Ask a Pro Pete Lockett, Inside Methods, Narada Michael Walden 22 It’s Questionable How Should I Tune My Snare? • 70 Up & Coming Mind Matters: Is Sexy Stage Wear Necessary? Carrie Underwood’s Garrett Goodwin by Ilya Stemkovsky Nothing about the 2013 MD Readers Poll Up & Coming winner is 91 Showcase Featuring Drum Market predictable—including his route to success. 99 Critique 102 Backbeats The Common Thread Clinic Tour 96 What Do You Know About... Big Country’s Mark Brzezicki by Nick Lauro 104 Kit of the Month Clad in Plaid From working in a rhythm section for hire to scaling the top of the charts to backing the biggest names in rock, he’s experienced all the highs—and also some of the lows— A Custom-Built that a thirty-year career in pop music brings. Drum and Cymbal $ Set Valued at 14,000 WIN pg 98 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 Know Your History Firth, Bob Gatzen, Danny Gottlieb, Jim Publisher/CEO Keltner, Paul Leim, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Isabel Spagnardi Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Billy Ward, have a photographer friend who doesn’t Dave Weckl, Paul Wertico. have any favorite photographers. This Senior Vice President I Lori Spagnardi CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: makes very little sense to me—probably Patrick Berkery, David Ciauro, John Emrich, because I’m a drummer, and the idea of a Margit Erb Mike Haid, Dr. Asif Khan, Rick Mattingly, Ken Vice President drummer existing apart from tradition is Micallef, Mark Parsons, Martin Patmos, Jeff Kevin W. Kearns Potter, Will Romano, Bernie Schallehn, Ilya pretty much unthinkable. 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