MATCHBOX TWENTY • GINGER BAKER ON FILM MODERNTHE WORLD’S #1 DRUM MAGAZINE DRUMMERMay 2013 QUICK & EASY 5MIKING TECHNIQUES NO DOUBT’S ADRIAN YOUNG ROCK DRUM SOLOING 101 AEROSMITH’S JOEY KRAMER ROCK-HARD + TERENCE BLANCHARD’s KENDRICK SCOTT ModernDrummer.com + STAY HOME! SWITCHING TO A HOME-BASED CAREER + CRESCENT CYMBALS REVIEWED + MUTEMATH’s DARREN KING GEARS UP Volume 37, Number 5 • Cover and contents photos by Rob Shanahan CONTENTS EDUCATION 32 ELECTRONIC INSIGHTS Minimal Miking Techniques by Mark Parsons 66 STRICTLY TECHNIQUE Triplet Gear-Shifter 12-18-24 Exercise, Part 1 by Bill Bachman 68 IN THE POCKET Funk Drumming Training Camp Part 1: Paradiddles and 16th-Note Subdivisions by Mike Adamo 70 ROCK ’N’ JAZZ CLINIC On the Cover Grooving With Fives A Progressive Approach to Phrasing Quintuplets on the Drumkit, Part 2 by Mike McPhee 46 72 AROUND THE WORLD JOEY Implied Brazilian Rhythms on Drumset KRAMER Part 2: Xaxado by Uka Gameiro by Ilya Stemkovsky 74 ROCK PERSPECTIVES Live Drum Soloing Getting Started by Paul Wandtke He still rages with as much raw rock power as drummers half his age. After EQUIPMENT all, you don’t survive forty years with Aerosmith by pussyfooting around. 22 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP • CRESCENT CYMBALS An Assorted Selection • REMO Versa Drums • DYNAMICX Snare Drums • MCD PERCUSSION Optimal Sound Series Drumset FEATURING • ELLIS ISLAND Drum Accessories 12 UPDATE 30 GEARING UP MuteMath’s DARREN KING • PAUL DOUCETTE of Matchbox Twenty • CLAUDE COLEMAN JR. with Eagles of Death Metal 80 NEW AND NOTABLE • BENJAMIN COWAN of P-Funk 90 COLLECTOR’S CORNER Rogers Dave Clark Five Replica Kit 34 SETTING SIGHTS: ADRIAN YOUNG by Stephen Bidwell DEPARTMENTS No Doubt’s drummer keeps it fresh by seeking new challenges. 8 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Sick and Inspired by Adam Budofsky 36 KENDRICK SCOTT by Ken Micallef He’s brought measured thought, clarity of sound, and deep 10 READERS’ PLATFORM technique to the bands of Kurt Elling, Terence Blanchard, and Gretchen Parlato, and to his own group, Oracle. 16 ASK A PRO Manu Katché, Benny Greb 18 IT’S QUESTIONABLE 60 FIND SUCCESS WITH A HOME- Technology Corner: Trigger Placement and Module Settings BASED DRUMMING CAREER Jeremy Hummel shares tips on making it work without 84 SHOWCASE Featuring Drum Market leaving your driveway. Plus: Case Studies with Matt Halpern and Pat Mastelotto. 92 CRITIQUE Featuring Taking the Reins 94 BACKBEATS Beware of Mr. Baker 76 STUDY UP! Rich Redmond and Steve Smith riff on the educators 95 IN MEMORIAM Spirit’s Ed Cassidy who helped make them the drummers they are today. 96 KIT OF THE MONTH Taking Out the Trash 78 UP & COMING CULLY SYMINGTON by Will Romano MD DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS! When you see this The natural-born thriller’s curious, powerful beats have made icon, click on a shaded box on the page to open the audio player. him a favorite of the Afghan Whigs, Cursive, and Okkervil River. Note: Shaded boxes appear when you first view a digitally enhanced page, and then they fade; they will reappear when you roll over the area. Sign up online! 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