CONTENTS
Equipment20 Shop Talk Slingerland Radio King Drumsets
22 Product Close-Up • Canopus Stave Bubinga Drumset • Grover Pro Custom Snare Drums • Scymtek Xtreme and Modern Series Cymbals • Gator Protechtor Evolution Series Snare Case
28 Electronic Review Alesis DM7X Drumset
30 Gearing Up Capital Cities’ Channing Cook Holmes
82 New and Notable
Cover and contents photos by Rahav
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Education68 O� the Record
Ricky Lawson Classic Yellowjackets Tracks by Mike Casano
70 BasicsBalance Builders Simple Exercises to
Increase Control by Jayson Brinkworth
72 Strictly Technique Rhythm and Timing Part 5: Single 8th-Note Triplet Partials and Bonus Exercises
by Bill Bachman
76 Around the World Afro-Cuban Bell Independence Progressive Exercises for Freeing Up the Limbs by Powell Randolph
78 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Syncopation Revisited
Part 2: 3/4 Applications by Steve Fidyk
Departments8 An Editor’s Overview The Spice of Life by Michael Dawson
10 Readers’ Platform
12 News
16 Ask a Pro Tobias Ralph, Alan Dawson
18 It’s Questionable The Doctor Is In: High Blood Pressure and Drumming
84 Showcase Featuring Drum Market
90 Critique
94 In Memoriam Ricky Lawson, Sam Ulano
96 Kit of the Month Ticket to Ride
Volume 38 • Number 7
On the Cover
Features
52 Omar Hakimby Robin TollesonThe past couple years have seen him take the superstar EDM duo Daft Punk to (old) school and also put out his most fully realized solo statement to date.
32 Hitting the Stage Tama’s 40th Anniversary Celebration The buzz at NAMM. by Mike Haid
34 What Do You Know About…? John “Twink” Alder Recollections of rock’s wildest days. by Will Romano
38 Great Drum Covers Classic album art with the drums front and center.
40 Shirazette Tinnin The woman behind one of this year’s most compelling debuts. by Ken Micallef
42 Anup Sastry The drummer with Intervals is all about drama and detail. by Ben Meyer
46 Gerald Cleaver A multidisciplinary master moves forward with purpose. by Ken Micallef
64 Get Good: Being the New Guy Famous � ll-ins Todd Sucherman and Simon Phillips share what they’ve learned from the experience. by Mike Haid
80 A Di� erent View Arturo O’Farrill “I told the drum soloists that it was about making a statement—being an activist on their instruments.” by Je� Potter
88 Up & Coming Valentino Arteaga Of Mice and Men’s raging rhythmatist. by Stephen Bidwell
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