DRUM! May 2014 (#215)
Drum magazine May 2014 PDF download. The most fanatical drumming magazine on the planet. DRUM! is an educational drumming magazine. It features artist profiles, product reviews, lessons and advanced transcriptions covering rock, pop and related styles of music. In the 1990s it gained a reputation for its coverage of younger drummers in contemporary styles such as punk, rap-rock, and metal. It was the first magazine to feature artists such as Tre Cool (Green Day), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Travis Barker (Blink-182) and others on its covers.
A typical issue of DRUM! includes artist features and in-depth stories on topics such as playing techniques or new products. Additionally, it includes reviews of new recordings and drum products (cymbals, drums, hardware), short news items, career and health tips, and challenging lessons.
Drum magazine May 2014 (#215) contents:
- Vinnie Colaiuta. No living drummer shape-shifts as skillfully as Vinnie Colaiuta. The master of ego-less playing opens up about his methods.
- Gear Guide: New Drum Sets For 2014. Startling new trends — and old ones — are among this year’s crop of new kits. We tried to make sense of it all.
- Top 10 Chameleon Drummers. The players who effortlessly blend into multiple musical situations.
- 49 Styles Every Drummer Must Know. From the shuffle to a 12/8 ballad, our short list of must-know grooves will have the gig offers rolling in.
- ReStyle Workshop. Six songs that spawned memorable cover tunes, and how different drummers interpreted them.
- Matt Garstka. Animals As Leaders’ whiz kid on the minutiae of his complex grooves.
- Dan Searle. How Architects UK’s pulverizer made peace with perfection.
- Mike Dillon. Everyone’s favorite punk-rock vibraphonist raises the bars.
- Product Test. Meinl Professional Series Djembes
- Pursuit Of The Perfect Bass Drum Sound. It begins with the right mikes.
- DW Performance Series Bop Kit
- Sabian Cymbal Vote Winners
- Danny Gottlieb brings together Ed Soph and Joe Morello into one tasty continuous vamp/coordination exercise mélange. Glen Sobel introduces common double bass hand/foot combinations, then combines them. Chad Smith cops to stealing a bass drum trick from Buddy Rich.
Text Format PDF, 108 pages