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Listening to myself and deciding to do things that were uncomfortable ended up opening doors.” Like the audience at MD’s 2010 Festival, where he was conducting his fi rst-ever drum clinic, the Nashville studio great had no idea at the time that his performance there would eventually lead to a gig with Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen—or his current one with Toto. by Michael Dawson Cover and Contents photos by Chad Crawford FEATURES 22 Catching Up With…BUN E. CARLOS and the 54 GREAT ’80S DRUM PERFORMANCES, PART 1. Yellowjackets’ WILL KENNEDY Everything changed for drummers when the ’70s gave way to the ’80s, not least of which was the arrival of 44 CHARLES HAYNES. Groove master? Technical drum machines. But tons of great records were still being marvel? Production whiz? The veteran drummer who’s made. This month we look at some of the best, by hot worked with Kanye, Gaga, Latifah, and Ndegeocello is all new-wavers and classic rockers alike. by Adam Budofsky these things and more. by Ken Micallef 60 SETTING SIGHTS: NAVENE KOPERWEIS comes 50 STEVEN WOLF. His fi ngerprints have been all over out the other end of a demanding stint as a one-man the pop charts for more than a decade, and his golden band to power the new tech-metal supergroup Entheos. touch is stronger then ever. by Billy Amendola by Ben Meyer EDUCATION EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENTS 64 Teacher’s Forum 26 Product Close-Up 8 An Editor’s Overview Education Through a Diff erent Lens Roland TD-25KV V-Drums Kit What Makes Them Tick? Drumming Is More Than Doubles and Bosphorus 20th Anniversary by Michael Dawson Paradiddles Series Cymbals by Martin Urbach Turkish JC Soundscape Series 10 Readers’ Platform Cymbals Favorite 1980s Drum Performances 65 Concepts Cask Drum Craft Block- and It’s Time to Retool! Segment-Shell Snares 14 News Adjusting Your Business Plan for Index Drums Forest King Series Butch Walker, Islander, Tegan and Sara, Optimal Success Wooden Drumheads and more by Russ Miller 62 Gearing Up 20 It’s Questionable 66 Basics Ani DiFranco’s Terence Higgins Drummer Royalties Fundamental Fills Part 3: Right-Hand Lead 74 Shop Talk 78 Showcase by Donny Gruendler Thrift-Shop Finds featuring Drum Market The Rally Sport is the ultimate kit for the gigging drummer! Made of 100% alder to give a ddrum twist to the classic club date Restoring a Vintage Snare Drum kit! Not a compact or cocktail kit; the Rally Sport has a 14x22 bass drum with matching wood hoops and our Resolifts, 68 Strictly Technique by Chris Lee 82 Critique Swiss Rudiments Matt Wilson album, Kinks reissue, combined with lightweight gull-wing spurs. 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Not a compact or cocktail kit; the Rally Sport has a 14x22 bass drum with matching wood hoops and our Resolifts, combined with lightweight gull-wing spurs. It also features a 5.5x14 snare, tune it up for crack, tune it down for honk, it’s a size that can handle it all. *shown with green finish ddrumUSA ddrumUSA ddrumUSA ddrumofficial www.ddrum.com AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Founder Senior Art Director What Makes Them Tick? Ronald Spagnardi Scott G. Bienstock 1943–2003 Editorial Director Publisher/CEO Adam J. Budofsky ne of the most rewarding Isabel Spagnardi Ocomponents of my gig at Managing Editor Modern Drummer is getting the Senior Vice President Michael Dawson opportunity to sit down with some Lori Spagnardi John Leiby Associate Editor of my favorite drummers and pick Vice President Willie Rose their brains about what they’ve Kevin W. Kearns practiced or focused their atten- Editor at Large tion on to get their artistry to such Associate Publisher Billy Amendola a high level. Unlike professional Tracy A. Kearns sports stars, who are often born Business and Advertising Director Content Development with near-superhuman physical Bob Berenson Miguel Monroy attributes—whether it’s throwing a ninety-fi ve-mile-an-hour fastball Advertising Assistant Digital Media Director with laser-like precision or being LaShanda Gibson EJ DeCoske able to thrust a 6' 11" frame 39.5" The MD Pro Panel: Chris Adler, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Will Calhoun, into the air—world-class drum- Terri Lyne Carrington, Matt Chamberlain, Jeff Davis, Peter Erskine, Bob Gatzen, mers are often average-size people Daniel Glass, Benny Greb, Matt Halpern, Horacio Hernandez, Gerald Heyward, Taku Hirano, Susie Ibarra, Jim Keltner, Pat Mastelotto, Allison Miller, Rod Morgenstein, with average athleticism.