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SOUND LEGACY Volume 37, Cover and contents photos by Jay Blakesberg CONTENTS Number 8 EDUCATION 59 Zig’s Signature Beats by Mike Adamo 70 Concepts The Endorsement Game Understanding Product Promotion by Jim Riley 72 Strictly Technique Playing the Sixes Part 1: Volume and Accent Character by Chris Prescott On the Cover 74 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic Samba Coordination Builder 12 Independence Exercises Based on Chick Corea’s “Sicily” by Daniel Bédard 42 Zigaboo 76 Rock Perspectives Double Bass Workout Part 1: 16th-Note, Sextuplet, and 32nd-Note Fills by Todd Vinciguerra Modeliste 78 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop MD listens long and hard as the original Meters drummer Stick Control Revisited Drumset Applications describes his lifelong love a air with the drums and his by Steve Fidyk highly personal approach to timeless rhythms. by “Pistol” Pete Kaufmann 80 Health & Science Drum Athletes Part 5: Dynamic and Static Stretches by Billy Cuthrell 12 Update EQUIPMENT • Red’s Joe Rickard • Folk and rock legend Dave Mattacks 22 Product Close-Up • Yamaha Live Custom Drumset • Meinl Byzance Extra Dry Thin Ride and RAPC Bongos 30 Steve Smith on • Taye Specialty Walnut/Mahogany Hybrid and MetalWorks Vintage Brass Snares • TRX DRK Thunder and BRT Lightning Cymbals Narada Michael Walden by Ilya Stemkovsky • Warlock Maple Blue Glitter Glass Drumset The MD Pro Panelist and Vital Information leader explores the many drumming wonders of Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 28 Gearing Up Bosnian Rainbows’ Deantoni Parks Visions of the Emerald Beyond. 82 Collector’s Corner Camco 3.5x14 Jazz Series Snare by Harry Cangany 32 Get the Best 84 New and Notable Featuring Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Weather Report DEPARTMENTS by Ken Micallef 8 An Editor’s Overview 34 Michael Miley Get Back to Where You Once Belonged by Adam Budofsky Rival Sons’ drummer is an expert at balancing inspiration and innovation. “I try to get inside the song,” he says, “and 10 Readers’ Platform let my in uences take over.” 16 Ask a Pro Je Bowders, Liberty DeVitto, Rod Morgenstein 62 Passion and Perseverance 18 It’s Questionable Technology Corner: Hi-Hat Bleed A special MD pro le of four drummers who got back in the game. Interviews by Bob Girouard 88 Showcase Featuring Drum Market 98 Critique Taking the Reins 92 Up & Coming 100 Backbeats John Densmore’s Book The Doors Unhinged The Summer Set’s Jess Bowen by Ilya Stemkovsky Most of us had to convince our parents that we wanted drums. 102 In Memoriam Robert Zildjian In her house, it was practically demanded of her to play. 104 Kit of the Month Cry Freedom 94 What Do You Know About...? Connie Kay by Je Potter A Custom-Built Was he an utterly genteel swinger—or the quintessential Drum and Cymbal $ gritty rock ’n’ roller? As it turns out, he was both. Set Valued at 14,000 WIN pg 97 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Founder MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: Ronald Spagnardi Kenny Aronoff, Eddie Bayers, Bill Bruford, Get Back to Where Harry Cangany, Dennis DeLucia, Les 1943–2003 DeMerle, Len DiMuzio, Peter Erskine, Vic Firth, Bob Gatzen, Danny Gottlieb, Jim Publisher/CEO Keltner, Paul Leim, Peter Magadini, George You Once Belonged Marsh, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Isabel Spagnardi Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Billy Ward, Dave Weckl, Paul Wertico. hen we’re young, we never think Senior Vice President Lori Spagnardi CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Wabout the day when we may no Patrick Berkery, David Ciauro, John Emrich, longer be able to enjoy the things that Mike Haid, Dr. Asif Khan, Rick Mattingly, Ken Vice President Micallef, Mark Parsons, Martin Patmos, Jeff give us the most pleasure. And that’s as Kevin W. Kearns Potter, Will Romano, Bernie Schallehn, Ilya it should be. 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