34 On the Cover Neil Peart
CONTENTS Volume 39 • Number 11
by Ilya Stemkovsky
“There are things in my solo that have been there since I was sixteen, that always thrilled me—and still do.”
As the members of Rush close their celebra- tion of forty years at the top of the prog-rock heap, the band’s drummer refl ects on what has changed in his playing and in his gear choices— and what will likely remain in perpetuity.
Cover and contents photos by Richard Sabbald
FEATURES MD AT 40
Neil, Alex, and Geddy aren’t the only ones celebrating forty years together—so is the staff at Modern Drummer! As we prepare to begin our fi fth decade as the world’s number-one drum magazine, we take stock of the major changes that have gone down—and imagine the evolution of our art as we move forward.
18 Catching Up With… ZACH DANZIGER and TRAVIS ORBIN. The future is now for these two pace-setters.
47 40 YEARS OF INNOVATION Drum gear has evolved dramatically since Modern Drummer hit the newsstands in 1977. Here’s how. by Rick Van Horn
53 MODERN DRUMMER: THE FIRST DECADE In this special feature, we recount our highlight-fi lled fi rst decade in print. by Rick Mattingly
58 THE FUTURE STATE OF THE ART Jojo Mayer, Stella Mozgawa, Matt Garstka, Mark Guiliana, and seven more of today’s most cutting-edge drummers peer into their crystal balls, laying out a variety of issues that every drummer today should think long and hard about.
64 SCOTT AMENDOLA Working with iconoclasts like Nels Cline and Charlie Hunter allows this ever-inquisitive drummer to shine, and his solo work is right up there in terms of sheer invention. by Ilya Stemkovsky
EDUCATION
76 Teacher’s Forum How to Practice Get the Most Out of Whatever Time You Have by Garey Williams
78 Basics Flam It Up Add Some Meat to Your Fills by Rich Redmond
80 Strictly Technique Quintuplets Part 2: Polyrhythms With Fives by Bill Bachman
86 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic World Groove Independence Mash-Up Improving Facility With Afro-Cuban Inspiration by Mike Johnston
88 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Triplet Fill Concepts Part 2: More Three-Over-Four Fills by John Xepoleas
EQUIPMENT
26 Product Close-Up Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Hybrid Kit Amedia Kommagene Series Cymbals Provenance 4x14 VW Snare Tycoon Triple-Play Cajon
74 Gearing Up The War on Drugs’ Charlie Hall
98 New and Notable
100 Collector’s Corner Eddie Knight A Living Legend of Leedy Lore by Harry Cangany
92 Rock Perspectives Progressive Drumming Essentials Part 6: Syncopated Double Bass… the Easy Way by Aaron Edgar
94 Concepts Endorsements Part 2: Are You Really Ready? by Russ Miller
DEPARTMENTS
8 An Editor’s Overview This Is 40 by Adam Budofsky
11 Readers’ Platform 14 News
22 It’s Questionable What’s This Ride? • Mind Matters: I Want My Old Drums Back
106 Critique
110 Backbeats KoSA 2015
112 Kit of the Month Brick by Brick
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