Hey! Listen! A bit like a trail of breadcrumbs, we’ve dispersed the TDJ logo throughout the magazine. If it all gets a bit much, you can click it at any point to return back to the contents page. You can also click the title of any article on the contents page to skip straight to it. Ads are interactive too, so if you see something you like, you can click it for more information. Contents Masthead 9 Willie’s Drum Shop Proprietary Information with Will Wright 22 Jimmy Chamberlin Father of a Pommel Horse Champion 36 Acronyms, Auditions and Afghanistan CPL Matt Kilkoyne WIN! 46 Your Drums Aren’t Dead Restoration and its Discontents 55 Dynamic Sustenance Jack White’s Daru Jones 69 Origin Stories A Conversation with Ihan Haydar CONTENTS A Call To Arms Issue Eight, Spring 2015 77 In The Balance Ben Martin Subscribe Shop Editor: Tom Hoare
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[email protected] Technical: Anton Rodriguez Social: Vicky Batrak, Dan Ainspan Proof Reader: David Smith Contributors: Joe Cox, Julia Kaye, Ben Martin Photographers: Bex Wade, Kiku Fukuzumi, Ken Lay, Tobias Fonsmark, Shaun Thubron, Luke Douglas, Gilbert Blecken, Mikkel Werenberg Illustrators: Beth Jorgensen, Tuomas Kärkkäinen, David Gonzalez, Billy Ponzio Max Respect: David Kirby, Marion Rebmann, Kendra Ross, RUSIC Records, David Kessner, Luis Cardoso, Ellie Shapiro, Rob Grad, Kevin Philbin, Katie Bursey, Sgt D C Sanderson, Kate Darracott, Elspeth Leadbetter, Beto Benitez, Flora Hodson, Elaine Smith, Greg, Norbert Saemann, Tom Gorton, MONO Thanks for nothing: Spirit Airlines Cover Illustration: Surround Sound by Sarah Ferone sarahferone.com MASTHEAD www Issue Eight, Spring 2015 Copyright © The Drummer’s Journal 2015 The proprietors and contributors to The Drummer’s Journal have asserted their right under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the owners and authors of this work.