CONTENTS

Equipment20 Product Close-Up • Craviotto Vintage Series Poplar Drumset • Dunnett Classic Drums 2N Series Snares • Evans Heavyweight Series Drumheads • Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversary Additions • O� -Set Big Boy Bass Drum Pedal 28 Electronic Insights Drum Miking 101 Part 1: Single-Microphone Setups by John Emrich

30 Gearing Up Drum Wars’ Carmine and Vinny Appice

88 New and Notable

Education70 Basics

Radio Beats 7 Real-World Applications of Essential, Time-Honored Grooves by Rich Redmond

72 Strictly Technique Consecutive Flams Part 2: Adjacent by Bill Bachman

76 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Bebop Pioneer Stan Levey

Style and Analysis by Steve Fidyk

80 In the Pocket The Commandments of the Half-Time Shu� e Part 3: 10 Classic Tracks by Zoro 82 Around the World Samba Songo Hybrid Grooves Blending Classic Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Patterns by Peter Magadini 84 Drum Soloist Solid Soloing Part 2: Changing Note Rates by James Murphy 86 Concepts Where’s the Art? Thoughts on the Current State of A� airs by Russ Miller

Departments 8 An Editor’s Overview Shu� in’ by Michael Parillo

10 Readers’ Platform

14 News

18 It’s Questionable The Doctor Is In: How Do I Treat a Pinched Nerve?

92 Showcase Featuring Drum Market

96 Critique

100 Backbeats 2014 DCI World Championship Results

104 Kit of the Month Holiday Cheer

Volume 39 • Number 1

On the Cover

Features

38 Dave Wecklby Ilya StemkovskyOn a pair of distinct new projects, the legendary fusion drummer states his ambitions loud and clear.

Cover and contents photos by Alex Solca

32 Hitting the Stage Michael Blair at Norway’s Træna Festival. by Adam Budofsky

34 Encore Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. by Patrick Berkery

36 Catching Up With… Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin /// Lady Antebellum’s Chris Tyrrell

54 Ryan Van Poederooyen Devin Townsend’s rhythmic rock. by Chuck Parker

62 Sebastien Grainger Riotous with Death From Above 1979. by Stephen Bidwell

66 Up & Coming Kurt Elling’s Bryan Carter. by Ken Micallef

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