February 2013 Issue Of DRUM! Magazine

200 GREATEST MOMENTS IN DRUMMING

33 Events

From battles to TV broadcasts, the pivotal moments that made drum history what it is.
By Andrew Lentz

49 Beats & Fills

The essential patterns that have made an indelible impression on our collective musical consciousness.
By Brad Schlueter

59 Performances & Recordings

Albums, songs, and the rhythmic moments therein that any self-respecting drummer needs to experience.
By Andrew Lentz

69 Gear & Technology

More than a century’s worth of innovations, improvements, and engineering breakthroughs that have evolved the drum set and facilitated the art of beat making.
By David E. Libman

HAND DRUM!

81 Geoffrey Gordon

Before his unexpected death late last year, the percussion experimentalist imported global rhythms into mainstream media, but the spiritual realm was never far behind.
By Iris Brooks

86 Product Test

Kopf S-Series DoubleShot Cajon
By Gregg Juke

88 Lessons

Glen Caruba gets tricky with tambourine syncopations. Richie Gajate Garcia doubles up the rhythms with djembe and cajon.

PLUGGED IN

91 The Best iPhone Music Apps For 2013

By Jake Wood

DIALED IN

96 TrapKAT 5KS

By Norman Weinberg

SOUNDLAB

98 Mapex MyDentity Series

By Brad Schlueter

100 Evans G1 Heads With Level 360 Collar

By AJ Donohue

PRACTICE PAD

105 Lessons

Matt Byrne breaks out of the 4/4 bubble with some rock beats in 11/8. Danny Gottlieb demonstrates some key off-beat comping licks. Wally Schnalle expands the jazz vocabulary times three.

112 Workshop

How To Play Charts With Feeling
By Chris Mattoon

VIBE

29 Jeffrey Clemens

The G. Love skinsman has never had a better reason to party.
By Andrew Lentz

EVERYTHING ELSE

8

Perspective

12

Feedback

14

Notation Guide

16

Single Strokes

24

Showcase

117

Picks

122

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