November 2013 Issue – Volume 38 • Number 11

Jazz Drummer's Workshop - Approaching Standards

Jazz Drummer's Workshop APPROACHING STANDARDS A Framework for Musical Practice, Part 2: Melody and Form by Steve Fidyk Welcome to the second installment in our series on approaching jazz standards. This article reveals ways of using the melodic rhythm as…

Strictly Technique - Chops Builders

Strictly Technique Chops Builders Hemiolas, Part 2 by Bill Bachman In part two of our hemiola series, we’re going to add another accent to the half-note-triplet patterns we covered last month. To review, a hemiola is defined as a two-against-three…

In The Studio - Seeing Sounds Part 5: Specialty Mics

In The Studio Seeing Sounds Part 5: Specialty Mics by Donny Gruendler In the first four installments of this series we discussed very broad ideas for achieving stylistically appropriate drum sounds, from pop-rock to traditional jazz. Each setup employed different…

Portraits - David Langlois

Portraits David Langlois Story and photos by Michael Parillo Inventing an instrument often means inventing situations in which to explore it. This globe hopper has made a lot of things happen with a modest yet versatile and fun-sounding concoction that…

The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd and Kliph Scurlock

Thinking Differently About Time Story by Adam Budofsky Photos by Rahav Oklahoma’s favorite psychedelic sons take yet another road less traveled. We talk to the group’s main sonic architect and his drummer-in-arms about what went into their ambitious new album,…

November 2013 Issue – Volume 38 • Number 11

Woodshed - Dylan Wissing

Woodshed Dylan Wissing Triple Colossal Studios • Hoboken, New Jersey Interview by Joe Gorelick Photos by Kristie Andrijenko As a burgeoning studio drummer in his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana, Dylan Wissing studied with two giants of the session world: Kenny…

Rock Perspectives - Double Bass Workout, Part 4

Rock Perspectives Double Bass Workout Part 4: Advanced Grooves by Todd Vinciguerra This month we’re exploring advanced double bass groove ideas that mix 16th notes, 16th note triplets, and 32nd notes alongside 16th-note-based hand patterns. Remember to always play to…

Off The Record - Ilan Rubin

Off The Record Ilan Rubin Choice Cuts From Paramore and Exhibit A By Ken Micallef This year, drummer Ilan Rubin further secured his position as one of modern rock’s hottest prospects after putting out a third release with his solo…

Korn's Ray Luzier

Photos by Alex Solca How does a clean-cut farm boy from western Pennsylvania with few connections and even fewer resources end up becoming a vital component of a dreadlocked, inked-up, multiplatinum nu-metal band? If you ask Ray Luzier, he’ll tell…