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October 2019 Issue – Volume 43 • Number 10

We caught up with Utah-based drummer Branden Steineckert while he was on tour in Southern California with the legendary punk band Rancid. The snare on Branden’s acrylic SJC tour kit—the same drum he used on Rancid’s latest album—features Hoonigan Racing–themed custom wrap based on artwork used by professional rally car driver Ken Block. “I tend to like my snares to be visually fun,” says Steineckert, “but I don’t want it to compromise my sound at all. My favorite snares are usually metal, but SJC put a carbon-fiber shell on the inside, which makes it sound more like a metal drum.” Branden loves this kit so much that it’s been his go-to for just about every project. “Why replace it,” he says. “It sounds amazing, and I love the way it looks. I feel like I’m being greedy if I ask for new kits all the time, so I just roll […]
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Articles in October 2019

Septuplet Linear Patterns

The most fun thing about linear concepts is that almost any pattern you play can be modified in multiple ways.

by Aaron Edgar
Aug 26, 2019

What's Your Favorite Hal Blaine Track?

Readers weigh on their favorite Hal Blaine tracks.

Modern Drummer
Aug 26, 2019

New Releases by Santana, Oz Noy, Grupo Fantasma, and More!

New Releases From Santana, Oz Noy, Betty Carter, Grupo Fantasma and more.

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Aug 26, 2019

Talking About Our Generations

A teaser of the momentous drumming from 1969 that our October issue explores—and a chat with the Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd about some of his favorite music from the era.

by Adam Budofsky
Aug 26, 2019
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The Starr Festival Snare

Over the years, Gary Astridge has meticulously researched Ringo’s drumkits and assembled exact replicas of the ones used with the Beatles.

by Bob Campbell
Aug 26, 2019

Theme for an “Imaginary” Drummer

To most, Corky Laing’s drumming is synonymous with the great heavy-rock band Mountain, and vice versa.

by Bob Girouard
Aug 26, 2019

Tony Williams at a Jazz Crossroads

During his years with Miles Davis, beginning in 1963 at age seventeen, Tony Williams radically changed jazz drumming.

by Jeff Potter
Aug 26, 2019

JD Beck

Mentored by Dallas-area drummers like Robert “Sput” Searight, Mike Mitchell, and Cleon Edwards, JD Beck has crafted a style of crooked beats and patterns mixed with over-the-barline fluidity.

Story by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photos by Alex Solca
Aug 26, 2019

The Bailey Method

The Bailey Method is longtime touring and session drummer Dan Bailey’s first opus in the world of online education.

by Michael Dawson
Aug 26, 2019

Woodland Percussion

Woodland Percussion originated as a summer project for company founder and mechanical engineer Allan Fausnaught. The goal was to build a snare entirely from scratch.

by Michael Dawson
Aug 26, 2019

Paiste 2002

Paiste’s 2002 series was introduced as a solution for heavy-hitting drummers on the burgeoning hard rock scene who demanded sturdier instruments with more powerful tones.

by Michael Dawson
Aug 26, 2019
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The 5/4 Half-Time Shuffle

For those of you who’ve never heard the coveted half-time shuffle, which is also commonly referred to as the Purdie shuffle,...

by Daniel Bédard
Aug 26, 2019

Louson Drums

The CajonTab is a small, flat, lightweight cajon you wear on a strap.

by Mark Parsons
Aug 26, 2019

Remembering Hal Blaine

He helped pave the way for every great studio musician who came out of L.A., and his influence extends to this very day.

Modern Drummer
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Mastodon’s Brann Dailor on the Band’s Heavenly “Stairway to Nick John”

The drummer recently talked to MD to discuss the band’s heartfelt tribute to their longtime friend and manager.

by David Ciauro
Aug 26, 2019

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Doug Clifford

Given the breakneck pace at which CCR operated in 1969, it’s a wonder Clifford and Cook are still out on the road fifty years later.

by Patrick Berkery
Aug 26, 2019

Ringo Starr's Maple Ludwig Hollywood Drumkit

As an iconic piece of rock ’n’ roll history, this kit has since been archived, documented, and refurbished, and it currently resides in custom road cases.

by Gary Astridge
Aug 26, 2019

1969: The Shock of the New

As artists developed increasingly ambitious musical concepts, the challenges for instrument designers, engineers, composers, and instrumentalists increased as well.

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A Restored Gretsch Steal

This beautifully restored vintage project was from older Gretsch shells to create a road-worn-looking vintage kit that has that oft-referred-to “Great Gretsch Sound.”

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