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HARDWARE 12 Modern Drummer June 2014 CONTENTS Volume 43 • Number 5 CONTENTS Cover photo by David Phillips Contents photo by Lisa Skarell-Schulman ON THE COVER 36 DRUM WISDOM: 20 P!NK’S MARK SCHULMAN BRUCE BECKER In his fi rst MD cover story, the BONUS LESSON: Bruce Becker’s elite drummer lays out, by 16th-Note-Triplet Flow by Jacob Slichter example and explanation, what it takes to get to the top—and stay there. 40 JOSH GROBAN’S BONUS LESSON: Schulman dives into “Just Breathe,” a track he KAZ RODRIGUEZ recently laid down for the Swiss BONUS LESSON: “The Journey”— Diving Deep into a Few of Kaz’s duo Sinplus. Nasty Grooves and Fills by Billy Amendola by Ilya Stemkovsky 46 ANI DIFRANCO’S TERENCE HIGGINS by Robin Tolleson 52 YEAH YEAH YEAHS’ BRIAN CHASE by John Colpitts LESSONS DEPARTMENTS 4 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW 58 JAZZ DRUMMER’S WORKSHOP Enduring Eff ort Funkify Your Swing Feel Part 1: Clyde Stubblefi eld Interpretations by Steve Fidyk by Willie Rose 60 ROCK PERSPECTIVES 6 READERS’ PLATFORM The Duality of 16th-Note Meters A Method for Internalizing Odd-Time Grooves What’s Your Favorite 2000s Metal by Aaron Edgar Drumming Album? 62 HEALTH AND SCIENCE 8 OUT NOW Warm-Ups and Mobility Guidance Part 5: Drumset Applications by Brandon Green Navene Koperweis on Whitechapel’s The Valley 10 ON TOUR EQUIPMENT Jharis Yokley with My Brightest Diamond 12 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP WIN! 72 RETAILER PROFILE A $5,700 package from RBH Westwood Series Drumset Bentley’s Drum Shop Pfeifer Drum Co. September and Yamaha and Paiste! Generation Series Snares Page 69 76 CRITIQUE Innovative Percussion John “JR” Kyle Crane solo album, plus new recordings Robinson and Brooks Wackerman featuring Jerry Marotta, Bernie Dresel, Signature Models Mike Portnoy, and more Ultimate Ears Pro UE 6 Pro In-Ear Monitors 80 ENCORE 18 GEARING UP Talking Heads’ Remain in Light Slightly Stoopid’s Ryan “RyMo” Moran 84 INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS PASIC18 64 SPOTLIGHT Spinbal: The First Cymbal Spinner 88 KIT OF THE MONTH 68 NEW AND NOTABLE Vintage Potpourri AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Enduring Eff ort Founder Ronald Spagnardi ’ve been reading Modern Drummer since 1943–2003 I was a teenager, and since fi rst picking I Publisher/CEO Isabel Spagnardi up the January 2001 25th Anniversary issue, I’ve managed to hang on to my Senior Vice President Lori Spagnardi copy of nearly every subsequent one. Vice President Kevin W. Kearns The fi rst time I saw MD at a shopping mall Associate Publisher Tracy A. Kearns bookstore in the early 2000s, I remember thinking, Wait, someone makes a magazine Advertising Director Bob Berenson for US? I felt excited and grateful; many Advertising Assistant LaShanda Gibson of you likely felt that same elation after Senior Art Director Scott G. Bienstock picking up your own fi rst copy. Editorial Director Adam J. Budofsky It wasn’t long after discovering MD Hill Dave that I became aware of this month’s Managing Editor Michael Dawson cover artist, Mark Schulman. It was in the Ask a Pro column of the March Associate Editor Willie Rose 2003 issue. Schulman was performing with the pop icon Cher then, and Editor at Large Billy Amendola he was asked by a reader about his ability to achieve diff erent drum tones at the kit without having to change setups. Mark’s response was clearly THE MD PRO PANEL/ADVISORY BOARD: Chris Adler, Kenny Aronoff, Eddie worded, enthusiastic, thorough, and informative. In addition, his advice on Bayers, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Bill Bruford, Will Calhoun, Terri Lyne technique, phrasing, and tuning still holds up. Carrington, Matt Chamberlain, Jeff Davis, Peter Erskine, Daniel Glass, Benny Schulman’s 2003 response feels particularly profound today due to the Greb, Matt Halpern, Horacio Hernandez, Gerald Heyward, Taku Hirano, Susie Ibarra, Jim Keltner, Paul Leim, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Pat Mastelotto, amount of eff ort he put into answering that one question. His reply fi lled Allison Miller, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Stephen Perkins, Dafnis an entire page, and not a word was wasted. In the time since that piece was Prieto, Rich Redmond, Brian Reitzell, Jim Riley, Antonio Sanchez, Gil Sharone, published, Mark’s lost none of that passion for informing drummers. For Chad Smith, Steve Smith, Todd Sucherman, Billy Ward, Kenny proof all you need to do is read this month’s cover feature, which includes Washington, Dave Weckl, Paul Wertico extended coverage on his journey and methods. Check it out on page 20. And if you’d like to read Mark’s March 2003 Ask a Pro response, that entire CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: SUBSCRIPTION issue is available digitally in our archive at moderndrummer.com. Patrick Berkery, Stephen Bidwell, CORRESPONDENCE: Modern While I was revisiting that 2003 issue, I couldn’t help but think about David Ciauro, John Colpitts, Bob Girouard, Drummer, PO Box 274, Oregon, Mike Haid, John Martinez, Ben Meyer, IL 61061-9920. Change of the technological and social changes that our industry and readership Ken Micallef, Jeff Potter, Will Romano, address: Allow at least six have experienced in the ensuing years, and how those changes relate to Bernie Schallehn, Ilya Stemkovsky, Robin weeks for a change. 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March 2019 Modern Drummer 5 READERS’READERS’ PLATFORM PLATFORM What’s Your Favorite 2000s Metal Drumming Album? Heavy metal underwent signifi cant change performance is seriously next level. While out attack and merciless blast-note frenzy between 2000 and 2010, as the genre this music could have easily been riddled of black metal. Somehow, through it all he continually split into new styles. While the with blast beats or tasteless speed, the still retains a feeling of groove and head- popularity of nu-metal began to ebb, melodic groove and fi lls are executed with a human banging pulse that results in a thrashy, old- metalcore, mathcore, and djent, among other touch and intent, and Hamelin accents the school-feeling record.