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Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval. **Sweetwater.com/about/free-shipping August 2019 Modern Drummer 61 CONTENTS Volume 43 • Number 8 CONTENTS Cover and contents photos by Alex Solca 34 FREDY STUDER The Swiss-born drummer deftly employs touch, tone, texture, noise, and rhythm in service of drum-centric music. Bonus Lesson: Transcriptions from his solo set Now’s the Time. by Ken Micallef 42 P-FUNK’S BENZEL BALTIMORE From playing Woodstock ’99 at fi fteen, to powering history’s funkiest traveling show around the globe and back, he’s started many a party. Bonus Lesson: Classic P-Funk drum grooves. by Adam Budofsky 50 DEERHUNTER’S MOSES ARCHULETA His big-picture approach is a prime reason Deerhunter has become one of the most well ON THE COVER regarded and recognizable indie-rock bands of our time. by John Colpitts 22 ANDERSON .PAAK 58 KATE GENTILE Bruno Mars gave Anderson .Paak some advice. Her highly personal electro-acoustic “If you’re going to do this drummer stuff ,” the compositions feature intense improvisation, superstar multi-instrumentalist told him, “you’ve unusual percussion, and, most importantly, got to really take it over, so that when they think great ideas. Bonus Lesson: Examining Kate’s of ‘drummer/singer,’ you’re the fi rst person they see.” wild polyrhythmic approach. by Robin Tolleson by Ken Micallef LESSONS DEPARTMENTS 62 ROCK ’N’ JAZZ CLINIC 4 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Playing Melodically Real-World Applications of Linear Patterns Star Power by Jeff Ryan by Adam Budofsky 64 STRICTLY TECHNIQUE 6 READERS’ PLATFORM Inverted Double Strokes Variations on the Essential Rudiment What’s Your Most Worn-Out Drum Book? by Nick Costa 8 OUT NOW 70 ROCK PERSPECTIVES Jim Black on Nature Work’s self-titled album The Hi-Hat Foot’s Voice Exploring Fifteen Funky Groove Embellishments by Aaron Edgar 10 ON TOUR Slim Jim Phantom with the Stray Cats EQUIPMENT 78 CRITIQUE John Convertino on Calexico and Iron & Wine’s 12 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP reunion album, Eric Dolphy expanded reissue WIN! with J. C. Moses, and more Yamaha Live Custom Hybrid Oak Drumset A Sonor Vintage Series set Paiste Signature and Dark Energy worth more than $9,000! 82 INSIDE METHODS Series Additions Blake Fleming’s The Book of Rhythm Solid Drums 7x12 Beech and 5x14 Page 85 Limited-Edition Maple Snares 84 INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS Sweet Spot Fuzion Castle Clutches, LP anniversary celebration in London, and more Splash Adapter, and Hi-Hat Tambourine 88 KIT OF THE MONTH 20 GEARING UP An Unconventional Hybrid Walk the Moon’s Sean Waugaman 74 NEW AND NOTABLE AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Star Power Founder Ronald Spagnardi istory tells us that the fi rst drum star was 1943–2003 HGene Krupa. Handsome, likable, energetic, President/CEO Isabel Spagnardi with a near magical ability to bring dancers to the heights of ecstasy with barely more Senior Vice President Lori Spagnardi than a pounding fl oor tom, Krupa undeniably Publisher David Frangioni established the iconic image of the drummer as Vice President Kevin W. Kearns leader—not only of the band, but, in a sense, of all of us. He made us dance, he made us want to Associate Publisher Tracy A. Kearns look at him, he made us want to play like him. He Jim Esposito Advertising Director Bob Berenson made us want to be him. Advertising Assistant LaShanda Gibson Of course, times change, and what we want from our entertainers does, too. Senior Art Director Scott G. Bienstock The need for escape and celebration that the big bands of the 1940s provided eventually gave way to the public’s desire for more exploratory and refl ective Editorial Director Adam J. Budofsky music, and in the ’50s and ’60s drummers like Max Roach and Tony Williams Managing Editor Michael Dawson presented musical possibilities that we’re still grappling with today. In the rock Associate Editor Willie Rose era, players like John Bonham, Bill Bruford, and Neil Peart continued to prove Editor at Large Billy Amendola that drumming was as profound as any other art form—though it could be argued that in terms of the wider public, it wasn’t until Phil Collins’ remarkably artful, prolifi c, and successful run in the ’70s and ’80s that the world at large THE MD PRO PANEL/ADVISORY BOARD: Chris Adler, Kenny Aronoff, Eddie Bayers, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Bill Bruford, Will Calhoun, Terri Lyne was reminded of our awesome power. For us drummers, the sky really was the Carrington, Matt Chamberlain, Jeff Davis, Peter Erskine, Daniel Glass, Benny limit in terms of the infl uence that we could wield with a fertile imagination, a Greb, Matt Halpern, Horacio Hernandez, Gerald Heyward, Taku Hirano, Susie tireless work ethic, and a pair of drumsticks. Ibarra, Jim Keltner, Paul Leim, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Pat Mastelotto, This month we’re featuring drummer Anderson .Paak on our cover. The Allison Miller, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Stephen Perkins, Dafnis Grammy-winning performer has seemingly come out of nowhere to capture Prieto, Rich Redmond, Brian Reitzell, Jim Riley, Antonio Sanchez, Gil Sharone, the imaginations of music fans around the world—though, as is usually the Chad Smith, Steve Smith, Todd Sucherman, Billy Ward, Kenny Washington, Dave Weckl, Paul Wertico case, his road to stardom has been longer and steeper than many are aware. Read his story; we found it fascinating, and we believe you will as well. 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