Modern Drummer Issue 449

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The classic Recording Custom Series has been redefined and redesigned in collaboration with legendary drummer
and longtime Yamaha artist Steve Gadd. The simple design of these metal snare drums incorporates a heavy-duty
Q-type strainer that is robust yet smooth and features a shell with an outer center bead which helps open up the
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CONTENTS
Volume 41 • Number 4
CONTENTS
Cover and Contents photos by Alex Solca
FEATURES
24 MATT CHAMBERLAIN. A new duo album with
keyboardist Brian Haas is a fascinating platform for one of the
busiest session drummers alive, who also knows the value of
pure abstract expression. by Michael Dawson
26 DALE CROVER. The drummer and his Melvins
bandmate Buzz Osborne have formed a new supergroup with
Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and Omar Rodriguez-
Lopez of At the Drive-In. And it’s as cool as it sounds.
by Michael Parillo 
42 BILLY THOMAS. The Western swing revival is in good
hands with Vince Gill’s drummer, who’s gone to great lengths
to replicate the feel, sound, and soul of one of America’s great
homegrown art forms. by Mike Haid 
28 Matt Garstka 50 BØRNS’ KRISTEN GLEESON-PRATA. Her Berklee
training certainly helped her land the gig with one of indie-
pop’s biggest stars. But just as important was her self-imposed
“I wanted a natural drum sound, and we rage to succeed. by Willie Rose 83% OF DRUMMERS SAID
tried to avoid quantizing. So the grooves
54 SEAN NOONAN. In today’s copycat musical climate,
needed to be super-tight. That’s where my
a truly unique character is tough to come by. Here’s one
intensive practice came in.” drummer who’s learned that the best person to model
yourself after is the guy in the mirror. by Ken Micallef   THEY’D SWITCH TO UV1.
His second album with the pioneering instrumental band
58 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT…MEL BROWN?
Animals as Leaders is more complex than his fi rst—but
The former staff er at Motown and current dean of Portland,
more human as well. This is the state of the art.
Oregon, jazz drummers learned valuable lessons from Stevie
by Ken Micallef
Wonder, jazz legend Philly Joe Jones—and every great singer OMAR HAKIM ACTUALLY DID.*
he’s ever heard. by Robin Tolleson
LESSONS EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENTS
40 Style and Analysis 16 Product Close-Up 8 An Editor’s Overview
Matt Garstka on “The Brain Dance” Dixon Little Roomer Drumset Follow Your Heart
by Austin Burcham Istanbul Mehmet X-Ray Series by Adam Budofsky
Cymbals
64 Basics Provenance 6x14 Jaguar XJS Snare 10 Readers’ Platform * MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE THE NEW EVANS UV1 10mil single-ply drumhead is more versatile and
Stickings That Rock Tama Star Single Tom Stand and Favorite Carter Beauford Track? durable than the heads they were playing before, thanks to its patented UV-cured coating.
Part 2: Exploring an Additional Classic Stand UV1.EVANSDRUMHEADS.COM
Hand Pattern Tycoon Hex-Jam Shakers, Udukere, 12 News
by Rich Redmond and Small Fiberglass Shekere Out Now: Black Star Riders’ Jimmy
DeGrasso and Sinkane’s Jason
65 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic 62 Gearing Up Trammell, Deafheaven’s Dan Tracy
Groove Construction Dave Matthews Band’s and the Suff ers’ Nick Zamora On
Part 11: Perceiving the Click as Triplets Carter Beauford Tour, and more
by Jost Nickel
73 New and Notable 74 Showcase
66 Strictly Technique featuring Drum Market
1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page
Part 2: More Rhythmic Interpretations Enter to win a 78 Critique
by Libor Hadrava Phil Collins’ memoir, a live Toto
Love Drums setup worth
DVD featuring Jeff Porcaro,
68 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop more than $3,800! Page 81 and more
Bebop Syncopation
Part 1: Max Roach and Art Blakey 80 Encore
by Mike Alfi eri The Band’s The Last Waltz
70 Rock Perspectives 82 Backbeats
A New Perspective PASIC 2016,
Part 2: Three-Over-Two Linear Polyrhythms ProgPower USA XVII
by Aaron Edgar
87 Kit of the Month
72 Concepts The Dream Police Kit
Do I Need an Attorney?
Part 1: When to Expand Your Team
by Russ Miller
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.
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AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW
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AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW
Follow Your Heart Founder
Ronald Spagnardi Robby, Vista, CA
1943–2003
Publisher/CEO Senior Art Director
There are multiple reasons we go Isabel Spagnardi Scott G. Bienstock
down particular paths of drum-
ming education. Our fi rst teacher Senior Vice President Editorial Director
Lori Spagnardi Adam J. Budofsky
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