Modern Drummer #057.pdf

VOL. 8, NO. 7

Cover Photo by Charles Stewart

Hand Coloring by Carmen DeJesus

FEATURES

JOHN BONHAM

This tribute to Led Zeppelin's late drummer presents impressions

of John Bonham by six individuals whose lives touched his in

diverse ways. Bass players Dave Pegg and Phil Carson, drummers

Carmine Appice and Dave Mattacks, journalist Ritchie Yorke,

and studio engineer Eddie Kramer reminisce about Bonham from

personal and professional viewpoints. These perspectives are

interwoven with biographical information ranging from

Bonham's early work to his death in 1980.

by T. Bruce Wittet

PHIL EHART

The drummer of the rock group Kansas talks about the band's

early years, his experiences with drum clinics, and how he has

achieved a unique drum sound on the group's latest album. Ehart

also discusses his personal methods for enhancing the prominence

of a drummer within the context of a band.

by Robert Santelli

INSIDE SIMMONS

by Robyn Flans

LOUIS HAYES

Playing drums for such jazz greats as Cannonball Adderley,

Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, John Coltrane, and Dexter

Gordon certainly ranks Louis Hayes among the greats of bop

drumming. Coming from Detroit's distinguished bebop school of

the '50s, Hayes recounts his vast experience with these jazz legends

and others, along with the steps he took to achieve such status.

by Lee Jeske

Photo by Robert Santelli

RASHIED ALI

The Will To Survive

by Harold Howland

'84 READERS POLL RESULTS

COLUMNS

EDUCATION

ROCK 'N' JAZZ CLINIC

Great Grooves—Part 2

by James Morton

ROCK CHARTS

John Bonham: "Communication

Breakdown"

by James Morton

THE JOBBING DRUMMER

The Non-Musical Aspects

Of Jobbing

by Simon Goodwin

STRICTLY TECHNIQUE

Stretching Your Single Bass

Drum Technique—Part 2

by Maurice Cheetham

CLUB SCENE

Greener Pastures

by Rick Van Horn

EQUIPMENT

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP

Aquarian Hi-Energy Miking System

by Bob Saydlowski, Jr.

JUST DRUMS

PROFILES

PORTRAITS

Yogi Horton

by Neil Kirby and John Reich

REVIEWS

PRINTED PAGE

NEWS

UPDATE

by Robyn Flans

CONCEPTS

Technique And Equipment

by Roy Burns

TEACHER'S FORUM

The Student/Teacher Relationship

by Susan Hannum

104

INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S OVERVIEW

READER'S PLATFORM

DRUM MARKET

ASK A PRO

IT'S QUESTIONABLE

106

THE MUSICAL DRUMMER

The Blues

by Bill Molenhof

100

102

JAZZ DRUMMERS WORKSHOP

Assertions And Evaluations

by Jim Chapin

108

Time

STAFF:

EDITOR/PUBLISHER

Ronald Spagnardi

FEATURES EDITOR

Rick Mattingly

MANAGING EDITOR

Rick Van Horn

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Susan Hannum

William F. Miller

ART DIRECTOR

David Creamer

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

Kevin W. Kearns

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Isabel Spagnardi

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Ann Thompson

ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE

MANAGER

Ellen Urry

DEALER SERVICE MANAGER

Janet Gola

CIRCULATION

Leo L. Spagnardi

Robin De Paul

Lori-Jean Syintsakos

Tracy Kearney

SALES PROMOTION MANAGER

Evelyn Urry

Industry Happenings is the department we use to inform you of recent

changes in the industry, and keep you advised of upcoming percussion

events like clinics, seminars, workshops and conventions. We strongly be-

lieve in the value of these types of events, and assuming we know about

them in time, are more than happy to pass the information along through

Industry Happenings.

We get our information from the manufacturer, advertising agency,

public relations house, and sometimes directly from the music dealer or

drum shop sponsoring the event. We count on them to supply us with the

information in ample time to pass it along to you. Unfortunately, if the

timing is off even by only a week, it's quite possible that the announcement

will miss the issue it should be in to give you sufficient advance notice.

About all we can do when that occurs is take an "after-the-fact" approach

by simply reporting on the event after it has taken place.

Surprisingly, many of the people responsible for supplying us with the

information have not caught on to the idea that it's essential we receive no-

tice well in advance. Let's take a closer look at a typical issue for a mo-

ment.

Bear in mind that one issue of MD takes at least nine weeks to make its

way through the entire production cycle. By that I mean, nine complete

weeks from the very first editorial conference to the day the magazines are

shipped from our printer in the Midwest. For example, the July MD, the is-

sue you're reading now, was originally put on the drawing board during

the week of April 9. The very first editorial meeting was conducted that

week, and a good 90% of the content of the issue was firmly established.

We still had some flexibility with the remaining 10% for the next several

weeks; however, if your announcement hadn't reached us by April 27, you

could pretty much count on the fact that it would have missed the July is-

sue. In essence, if one wanted to announce an event taking place sometime

this month or early next month, we should have been informed about it be-

fore April 27.

This kind of advanced planning often takes people by surprise, particu-

larly those who have no idea that we actually work that far ahead. I some-

times think it might be nice to have a dollar for every time I've had to con-

sole disgruntled music dealers or clinic coordinators who were under the

impression that they could publicize a program in the September issue by

telling us about it in August. That simply does not work in a business such

as ours, which tends to be highly structured and built, out of necessity, on

firm schedules and deadlines.

Keeping our audience advised of upcoming percussion events is just one

of the many roles Modern Drummer plays in the drumming community.

There's certainly no reason why we can't continue to function in that ca-

pacity, provided we have the understanding and cooperation of those indi-

viduals in charge of the events which interest us all.

MD ADVISORY BOARD

Henry Adler, Carmine Appice, Louie Bellson,

Bill Bruford, Roy Burns, Jim Chapin, Billy

Cobham, Les DeMerle, Len DiMuzio, Charlie

Donnelly, Saul Goodman, Danny Gottlieb,

Sonny Igoe, Jaimoe Johanson, Jim Keltner,

Don Lamond, Mel Lewis, Peter Magadini,

George Marsh, Butch Miles, Joe Morello, Neil

Peart, Charlie Perry, Charli Persip, Arthur

Press, Paul T. Riddle, Ed Shaughnessy, Ed

Thigpen, Max Weinberg.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Susan Alexander, Charles M. Bernstein, Scott

K. Fish, Robyn Flans, Simon Goodwin, Dave

Levine, Robert Santelli, Bob Saydlowski, Jr.,

Chip Stern, Robin Tolleson, T. Bruce Wittet.

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