(available on newsstands April 3, 2012)

Vinny Appice

Featuring
Earth, Wind & Fire’s Ralp Johnson 
Paul Motion: 1931-2011
Get Good: Tuning

Update

• Dawes’ Griffin Goldsmith
• Dr. Dog’s  Eric Slick
• Bebe Buell’s Sarah Tomek
• American Idol’s Roland Gajate Garcia

Influences
Billy Cobham: The Power Player

Portraits
Progressive Metal Drummer Travis Orbin

Education

• Jazz Drummer’s Workshop: Get Up!—Strategies for Playing Fast and Staying Relaxed
• Strictly Technique: The Spivak/Wilson Approach to Technique— Part 4: Advanced Concepts
• Rock ‘n’ Jazz Clinic: Brush Workshop— Part 4: Rudiments
• Basics: Asymmetrical Warm-Up— A 3-Bar excercise to Awaken the Hands and Mind
• Concepts: The CRASH Course to Success—Part 2: Relationships

Ask A Pro
Steve Hass on Internalizing Phrasing Ideas
Back Through the Stack With Marco Minnemann

It’s Questionable
Drum Workshop’s Shell-Making History
Mind Matters: I Bought Junk Drums

Backbeats
In Memoriam: Ralph MacDonald
Jazz Education Network Conference

Product Close Up

• Mapex Saturn Special Edition Studioease Drumset
• Zildjian 13″ A Pocket Hi-Hats and 21″ A Custom 20th Anniversary Ride
• Gibralter 9608-2T 2-Tone Compact Saddle Seat Throne
• Provenance Cast Aluminum Snare

Electronic Review
Yamaha DTX520K and DTX700K Kits

Shop Talk
Early Engraved Snare Drums From Ludwig, Slingerland, and Leedy

Gearing Up
Yes’  Alan White