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November 1997 KENNY ARONOFF Bye-bye John Mellencamp, hello John Fogerty. The godfather of straight- talkin', blue jean wearin', American music has emerged with his first new album in a decade. Who could better embody that rock 'n' roll spirit behind the drumkit? Kenny Aronoff, of course. by Rick Mattingly 50 FLYIN' TRAPS Give The (Alternative) Drummers Some! Four years ago, drummer Brian Reitzell had a dream: an album featuring new music's leading drummers, performing tunes of their own. In this exclusive story, Cameron, Bordin, Perkins, Vrenna, Alexander, Freese, and friends share the experience with MD. by Adam Budofsky 66 LOUIE WEAVER One holy racket: Excuse me, ma'am, but that's just what Petra is out to make— no excuses, neither. One of the most popular players on the Christian scene, drummer Louie Weaver tells the long tale behind the testifying. by Robyn Flans 80 photo by Alex Solca Volume 21, Number 11 Cover photo by Alex Solca education equipment 94 JAZZ DRUMMERS' WORKSHOP 34 NEW AND NOTABLE Tabla Rhythmic Concepts For Drumset by Jon Belcher 38 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP Yamaha Beech Custom Drumkit 98 DRUM SOLOIST And FP840 Bass Drum Pedal Carl Allen: "Carl's Blues" by Rick Mattingly Transcribed by Phil Smith 40 Yamaha Copper Snare Drums 101 ROCK 'N' JAZZ CLINIC by Rick Mattingly The Grooves Of Planet Drum 41 New Sabian Cymbals by David Garibaldi by Rick Mattingly 102 OFF THE RECORD 46 ELECTRONIC REVIEW Our Lady Peace's Electro-Voice N/D 868 And RE200 Microphones Jeremy Taggart by Mark Parsons 114 TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS 118 INSIDE Pro-Mark The Drummer As Recording Artist Part 6: Veterans' Reflections by Rick Van Horn by Hal Howland 130 COLLECTORS' CORNER 126 HEALTH & SCIENCE Super Ludwig Stippelgold Snare Drum Watch Your Ears by Harry Cangany Part 1: The Problem by Mark Parsons news 16 UPDATE profiles Eric Kretz, Mike Bordin of Faith No More, 20 UP & COMING Amanda Marshall's Charlie Cooley, and Jon Belcher, plus News Michael Urbano by David John Farinella 140 INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS 106 SHOW DRUMMERS' SEMINAR Rosie O'Donnell's Ray Marchica departments by Rick Van Horn 4 EDITOR'S OVERVIEW 124 ON THE MOVE 6 READERS' PLATFORM 132 IN THE STUDIO Mark Zonder Of Fates Warning 26 ASK A PRO by Matt Peiken Simon Phillips and Denny Carmassi 134 TEACHERS' FORUM 28 IT'S QUESTIONABLE Chuck Silverman by T. Bruce Wittet 110 CRITIQUE Bill Bruford, Primus, and Pete Escovedo CDs, 138 Clayton Cameron and Steve Gadd videos, and more MD GIVEAWAY Win one of 25 amazing packages 144 DRUM MARKET in celebration of DW's 25th anniversary. Including Vintage Showcase The grand prize? A six-piece kit in your choice of finish and 152 DRUMKIT OF THE MONTH hardware, plus a set of UFIP cymbals- worth over $9,500! On Editorial And Advertising ne of the negative comments we receive from a small per- amount of editorial matter versus advertising that appears in O centage of readers is in regards to the amount of advertising every issue of MD. I'm proud to state that Modern Drummer, by in Modern Drummer. Hopefully I can shed a little light on a industry standards, has maintained an above-average ratio of subject that apparently concerns a portion of the readership. roughly 55% editorial content to 45% advertising. That's a very I think it's essential for all readers to understand that it's the healthy balance in today's publishing environment, considering advertising from the manufacturers, retailers, and publishers in the many magazines much larger than us that release issues in the our industry that enables us to continue publishing the magazine. 75% advertising/25% editorial range—the absolute maximum The print media is not all that different from network TV, where US postal regulations will allow. the income derived from the sponsors' commercials makes possi- I'm also hopeful that those who've questioned us on this have ble the programming you view. And though a percentage of any noted that current MDs run anywhere between 35 and 50 pages magazine's revenue is generated from subscription and news- longer than typical issues from five or six years back. Sure, a stand sales, the vast majority of it comes from the sale of adver- portion of that is the result of more advertising, but current issues tising space. MD simply would not exist without it. also contain a proportionate amount of additional editorial con- One approach to reduce the number of ads and replace that lost tent, so that our ad/edit ratio is always carefully maintained. In revenue would be to raise the cover and subscription price to the final analysis, if you see more advertising in an issue, you're twice what it is now. However, our readership surveys have automatically getting more editorial material as well. clearly shown that there aren't many MD readers who would be Interestingly enough, most MD readers tell us they enjoy read- very happy about that option. In truth, as opposed to the huge ing all the ads, saying they learn from them and stay abreast of consumer magazines that sell millions of copies on the newsstand the latest offerings from the companies in our industry. And for and whose subscribers are in the hundreds of thousands, smaller, those who have written and taken us to task on the matter, I hope special-interest publications like MD must rely on advertising in this has helped put the situation in somewhat clearer perspective. order to continue to edit, design, print, and distribute their product. While I'm on the subject, I also think it's important to mention our ad/edit ratio, the gauge we use to properly proportion the MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: Henry Adler, EDITOR/PUBLISHER RONALD SPAGNARDI Kenny Aronoff, Louie Bellson, Bill Bruford, Harry Cangany, Jim Chapin, Dennis DeLucia, Les DeMerle, Len DiMuzio, Charlie SUBSCRIPTIONS: US, Canada, and Mexico $34.97 per year; ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ISABEL SPAGNARDI Donnelly, Peter Erskine, Vic Firth, Bob Gatzen, Danny Gottlieb, $56.97, two years. Other international $41.97 per year, $63.97, Sonny Igoe, Jim Keltner, Peter Magadini, George Marsh. Joe two years. Single copies $4.95. MANAGING EDITOR RICK VAN HORN Morello, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Neil Peart, Charlie Perry. John Santos, Ed Shaughnessy, Steve Smith, Ed Thigpen, SUBSCRIPTION CORRESPONDENCE: Modern Drummer, FEATURES EDITOR WILLIAM F. MILLER Dave Weckl. PO Box 480, Mt. Morris, IL 61054-0480. Change of address: Allow at least six weeks for a change. Please provide both old ASSOCIATE EDITOR ADAM J. BUDOFSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Robyn Flans, Burt Korall, and new address. Toll free tel: (800) 551-3786. Rick Mattingly, Ken Micallef, Mark Parsons, Matt Peiken, ASSOCIATE EDITOR RICH WATSON Robin Tolleson, T. Bruce Wittet. MUSIC DEALERS: Modern Drummer is available for resale EDITORIAL ASSISTANT SUZANNE HURRING at bulk rates. Direct correspondence to Modern Drummer, MODERN DRUMMER magazine (ISSN 0194-4533) is pub- Dealer Service, PO Box 389, Mt. Morris, IL 61054. Tel: (800) SENIOR ART DIRECTOR SCOTT G. BIENSTOCK lished monthly by MODERN DRUMMER Publications, Inc., 334-DRUM or (815) 734-1214. 12 Old Bridge Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009. PERIODICALS ART DIRECTOR LORI SPAGNARDI MAIL POSTAGE paid at Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 and at addi- INTERNATIONAL LICENSING REPRESENTATIVE: tional mailing offices. Copyright 1997 by MODERN DRUM- Robert Abramson & Associates, Inc. Libby Abramson, ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR JOE WEISSENBURGER MER Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction President, 720 Post Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER TRACY A. KEARNS POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Modern Drummer, EDITORIAL/ADVERTISING/ADMINISTRATIVE PO Box 480, Mt. Morris, IL 61054. ADVERTISING DIRECTOR BOB BERENSON OFFICES: MODERN DRUMMER Publications, 12 Old Bridge Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009. Tel: (973) 239-4140. MEMBER: Magazine Publishers Of America ADVERTISING ASSISTANT JOAN C. STICKEL Fax: (973) 239-7139. E-mail: [email protected]. National Association Of Music Merchants DIANA LITTLE American Music Conference MARKETING AND MODERN DRUMMER ONLINE: www.moderndrummer.com Percussive Arts Society PUBLIC RELATIONS Music Educators National Conference MODERN DRUMMER welcomes manuscripts and photo- National Drum Association WEB SITE DIRECTOR KEVIN W. KEARNS graphic material, however, cannot assume responsibility for Percussion Marketing Council them. Such items must be accompanied by a self-addressed, Music Magazine Publishers Association OFFICE ASSISTANT ROSLYN MADIA stamped envelope. ty: gospel, jazz, country, pop, choir pro- HOW TO REACH US ductions, etc. Thanks especially for giving Correspondence to MD's Readers' Platform may be sent by mail: print space to Neuble's convictions about 12 Old Bridge Road, why he plays. It's so refreshing to see Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 someone using his gifts in a positive way. by fax: (973) 239-7139 by e-mail: [email protected] What a stark contrast to the playing situa- tion of, say, a Ginger Fish. Keep up the good work. Your broad edi- TONY WILLIAMS torial perspective covers the drumming Your August issue field extremely well! dedicated to Tony Phil Hendrickson Williams was just St. Louis, MO unbelievable. I have never been so moved as I was reading that issue. Vinnie Colaiuta's quote actually brought a tear to my eye. Tony was truly one of a kind. I remem- ber a friend saying, "When God made Tony he gave him all the talent and let the rest of us just try to play drums." Tony's loss is incomprehensible. The uninformed will not think of him in the same breath as Coltrane or Parker, but we who knew and truly understood will always remember him for his innovation and his truly origi- nal voice. Thank you for such care and respect.
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