38 ZACH DANZIGER He Freely Breaks Every Rule 26 on TOPIC: PATTY SCHEMEL but One: to Thine Own Self by Stephen Bidwell Be True

38 ZACH DANZIGER He Freely Breaks Every Rule 26 on TOPIC: PATTY SCHEMEL but One: to Thine Own Self by Stephen Bidwell Be True

2018 READERS POLL RESULTS! THE WORLD’S #1 DRUM MAGAZINE ELVIN WIN A JONES $2,400 BEBOP ALESIS SYNCOPATION E-KIT! GEORGE BIG & RICH’S RAINS KEIO STROUD BLUES GREAT THE UNLIKELY JOURNEY OF ZACH DANZIGER FROM FUSOID WILDCHILD MARCH 2018 TO ELECTRO-VISIONARY 12 Modern Drummer June 2014 83% OF DRUMMERS SAID THEY’D SWITCH TO UV1. OMAR HAKIM ACTUALLY DID.* * MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE THE NEW EVANS UV1 10mil single-ply drumhead is more versatile and durable than the heads they were playing before, thanks to its patented UV-cured coating. UV1.EVANSDRUMHEADS.COM Congratulations are in order for our Audix endorsers who were recognized by the readers of Modern Drummer this year! Our artist endorsers are a part of the Audix family. We are proud of the contributions they provide through volunteering their time to educate, support, and serve as leaders for the drumming community. TODD SUCHERMAN THOMAS LANG STANTON MOORE Progressive & Recorded Clinician / Educator Clinician / Educator & Performance Educational Product D2D4 D6 ADX51 i5 ©2017 Audix Corporation All Rights Reserved. Audix and audixusa.com all the Audix logos are trademarks of Audix Corporation. 503.682.6933 The Chosen Ones Choose Yamaha It is our privilege to recognize this year’s Readers Poll nominees for excellence in artistry, and we are honored that these outstanding performers choose to play Yamaha. Congratulations from all of us to all of you. CONTENTS Volume 42 • Number 3 CONTENTS Cover and Contents photos by Lloyd Bishop ON THE COVER 38 ZACH DANZIGER He freely breaks every rule 26 ON TOPIC: PATTY SCHEMEL but one: To thine own self by Stephen Bidwell be true. 28 DRUM WISDOM: MICHAEL CARVIN by Ken Micallef by Keith Carne 30 THE 2018 MODERN DRUMMER READERS POLL WINNERS 50 KEIO STROUD OF BIG & RICH by Aaron Strickland 56 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT… GEORGE RAINS? by Cleve Warren 60 GRANT HART: 1961-2017 by Patrick Berkery LESSONS DEPARTMENTS 64 BASICS 8 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW The Fundamentals of 5/4 Rock Backbeat and Ghost Note Placement by Joel Rothman Appreciation and Gratitude by Billy Amendola 66 STRICTLY TECHNIQUE Three Birds With One Stone Optimize Your Practice Time by Chris Prescott 10 READERS’ PLATFORM Drum Fills: Keep It Simple, 68 STYLE AND ANALYSIS or Shred? John Clardy on Tera Melos’s Trash Generator Diving Deep Into the Experimental Trio’s Latest Release by Austin Burcham 12 OUT NOW Calexico’s John Convertino 72 JAZZ DRUMMER’S WORKSHOP Bebop Syncopation Part 3: Elvin Jones by Mike Alfieri 13 ON TOUR Marty Beller With 74 ROCK PERSPECTIVES They Might Be Giants Seven-Over-Three Polyrhythms Exploring the Space Between an Odd Grouping by Aaron Edgar 14 NEWS 76 CONCEPTS The Failure Percentage Preparation and Professionalism Always Win Out by Russ Miller 15 MUST-HAVE GEAR Ulysses Owens Jr. 82 RETAILER PROFILE EQUIPMENT Professional Drum Shop 16 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP 62 GEARING UP 88 CRITIQUE Sugar Percussion 2-12 Series Phantogram’s Chris Carhart Chick Corea & Steve Gadd Band, Mahogany Snares Good Tiger, Appice, and more Ddrum Dios Maple Series Drumset 78 NEW AND NOTABLE AHEAD Maxx 5A and Zummo 92 BACKBEATS Drumsticks, Stick-On Practice Pad, 2017 Hollywood Custom and and Compact Stick Holder WIN! Vintage Drum Show Alesis Strike Pro Drumset An Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drumkit Dream Re-Fx Naughty Saucer Worth $2,400! 96 KIT OF THE MONTH Page 95 A Slingerland Unmasked ANAN EDITOR’S EDITOR’S OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Founder Appreciation and Gratitude Ronald Spagnardi 1943–2003 appy New Year! It’s that time again, when we Publisher/CEO Senior Art Director Hrefl ect back on the past year and appreciate all the Isabel Spagnardi Scott G. Bienstock wonderful opportunities we’ve been blessed with. Senior Vice President Editorial Director Time has always fascinated me. Maybe being a Lori Spagnardi Adam J. Budofsky drummer has something to do with that. I’m always amazed by how fast it tick-tocks on. Vice President Managing Editor I’m one who believes we were each put on this Kevin W. Kearns Michael Dawson planet for a reason, and that we should do what we Associate Publisher Associate Editor were put here to do. I’m extremely grateful for the gift Tracy A. Kearns Willie Rose of music in my life, especially this year, as I continue my journey now as a sixty- year-old. I try not to think about aging too much, but I think I’ve accepted it pretty Advertising Director Editor at Large Bob Berenson Billy Amendola well. Anyway, do we even have a choice? Thankfully, I’m in a pretty good place mentally, and I feel healthier these days than I did when I was in my forties and Advertising Assistant Business and fi fties. (Well, today I do anyway!) LaShanda Gibson Content Development With the help and support of you, the readers, as well as my friends and family, Miguel Monroy I’ve accomplished many of the musical goals that I dreamed about since I started The MD Pro Panel: Chris Adler, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Will Calhoun, playing fi fty years ago, at ten years old. By the time I was in my late teens, I’d Terri Lyne Carrington, Matt Chamberlain, Jeff Davis, Peter Erskine, Bob Gatzen, developed a taste for the rock-star lifestyle through touring and having records Daniel Glass, Benny Greb, Matt Halpern, Horacio Hernandez, Gerald Heyward, Taku Hirano, Susie Ibarra, Jim Keltner, Pat Mastelotto, Allison Miller, Rod Morgenstein, on the radio. In the 1980s and the ’90s, I got to do some studio work, mostly in Chris Pennie, Stephen Perkins, Dafnis Prieto, Rich Redmond, Brian Reitzell, Jim Riley, my hometown of New York City, and my wife and I started a family. When I turned Antonio Sanchez, Gil Sharone, Chad Smith, Steve Smith, Todd Sucherman, Billy Ward, forty, I reinvented my career and started working here at Modern Drummer. For Kenny Washington, Paul Wertico me, it was a nice way to break away from the madness of touring and performing, MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: SUBSCRIPTIONS: U.S. $29.95, Canada and to recharge my batteries. 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