• MIKE COSGROVE • SIMON PHILLIPS “CAUGHT” • DAMONE • WIN! Super Gear From Vater Drumsticks, Smith Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Gibraltar Hardware, and Evans Heads TTOWEROWER OOFF PPOWEROWER’’SS DDAVIDAVID GGARIBALDIARIBALDI $4.99US $6.99CAN JOHN BONHAM SAM LOEFFLER 11 Off The Record Of Chevelle Paiste Dimensions • Consumers Poll Results 0 74808 01203 9 Contents ContenVolume 27,t Numbers 11 MD’s Snare Drum Spectacular! And we do mean spectacular, folks. Twenty pages of the most special, most popu- lar, most historic, and most identifiable snare drums of today and yesterday. Paul La Raia 66 Tower Of Power’s UPDATE 20 David Garibaldi 44 Mike Cosgrove David Garibaldi has balanced brainy sophistication and of Alien Ant Farm street-wise funkiness better than perhaps any other drum- mer on the planet. And now he’s back where he belongs: In the university of funk known as Tower Of Power. Dustin Hengst by William F. Miller of Damone Paul La Raia Pete Best of the original Beatles Chevelle’s Blair Sinta Sam Loeffler 56 with Alanis Morissette Overnight sensation? Well, not quite. But listeners introduced to Sam Loeffler’s huge beats and dra- matic drum commentary invariably experience the Craig “Clune” awesome power of the new. by Waleed Rashidi McClune with David Gray Paul La Raia Robert Jospé of Inner Rhythm Up & Coming Derico Watson 146 With Victor Wooten MD’s 2003 Few drummers minister to the drums with as much passion and style as Derico Watson. No surprise Consumers there, since Derico developed much of his talent in the church. Poll Results by Robyn Flans The best new gear? This month Paul La Raia it’s your call. 26 WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! A Custom Kit From Smith Drums, Hand Hammered Cymbals From Sabian, A Drum Rack, Hardware, And Pedals From Gibraltar, And Sticks And Accessories From Vater. 64 Education 90 ROCK CHARTS 100 OFF THE RECORD 118 TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Simon Phillips: Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham: Insurance “In The Pocket,” “Caught In The Balance” How The West Was Won, Part 1 Part 2: Reducing Your Risk Transcribed by Joe Bergamini by Ed Breckenfeld by Bruce Hicks 98 CLUB SCENE 102 SPOTLIGHT 122 JAZZ DRUMMERS’ Spicing Up The Club Date Gig: The University Of The Arts WORKSHOP Supercharge Your Dance Beats School Of Music Questions And Possibilities: by Steve DeLuca by Rick Van Horn Getting More From The Music You Hear by Skip Hadden 114 THROUGH THE YEARS Monster Kits by Adam Budofsky Departments Page 156 8 AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW 116 ON THE MOVE 172 SPECIALTY PRODUCTS Snare Drum Spectacular SHOWCASE by Rick Van Horn 156 CRITIQUE 176 DRUM MARKET 10 READERS’ PLATFORM 162 BACKBEATS Including Vintage Showcase The 2003 Montreal Jazz Festival, 12 IT’S QUESTIONABLE Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy Camp ’03, 184 DRUMKIT OF THE MONTH and more 16 ASK A PRO Antonio Sanchez, Derek Roddy, and Brad Hargreaves Equipment 32 PRODUCT CLOSE-UP RMV Concept Series Drumset Page 32 34 New Paiste Dimensions Models 36 Drum Workshop 9000 Bass Drum Pedals And 9500 Hi-Hat Page 134 38 Sunlite Studio Drumkit 39 Quick Looks: Sonor Sound Wires 126 SHOP TALK 40 Silver Fox Drumset Sticks Building A Creative Environment: A Perfect Practice Space Makes 41 MRP Hardware For Perfect Practice by Bob Gatzen 134 NEW AND NOTABLE Including hot new gear from the summer NAMM Show! AN EDITOR’S OVERVIEW Volume 27, Number 11 The World’s Most Widely Read Drum Magazine EDITOR/PUBLISHER RONALD SPAGNARDI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ISABEL SPAGNARDI ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER TRACY A. KEARNS SENIOR EDITOR RICK VAN HORN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR WILLIAM F. MILLER MANAGING EDITOR ADAM J. BUDOFSKY EDITORIAL ASSISTANT SUZANNE HURRING SENIOR ART DIRECTOR SCOTT G. BIENSTOCK ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR MICHELE M. HEUSEL ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR JOSEPH KING Snare Drum Spectacular ADVERTISING DIRECTOR BOB BERENSON ADVERTISING ASSISTANT JOAN C. STICKEL rummers generally agree that the snare drum is the most impor- EDITOR/ADVERTISING ASSOCIATE BILLY AMENDOLA Dtant and personal of all the drums on a kit. It’s “the main voice in WEB SITE DIRECTOR KEVIN W. KEARNS OFFICE ASSISTANT ROSLYN MADIA the choir”—the voice that’s supposed to break out of the ensemble of OFFICE ASSISTANT ROSEMARY BLAHA the toms and kick drum to make a definite and unmistakable state- ment. Problem is, with all the makes, models, sizes, and designs of MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: Henry Adler, snare drums on the market today, it’s hard for a drummer to decide Kenny Aronoff, Eddie Bayers, Louie Bellson, Bill Bruford, Harry Cangany, Jim Chapin, Dennis DeLucia, Les DeMerle, Len just what statement he or she wants to make! DiMuzio, Charlie Donnelly, Peter Erskine, Vic Firth, Bob Gatzen, Back in the day, snare drum choices were fairly simple. Drums Danny Gottlieb, Sonny Igoe, Jim Keltner, Paul Leim, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Joe Morello, Rod Morgenstein, Andy were wood or metal, shallow or deep. Wood generally meant a ply Newmark, Neil Peart, Ed Shaughnessy, Steve Smith, Ed shell, usually of maple or a combination of maple and something Thigpen, Billy Ward, Dave Weckl, Paul Wertico. else. Metal generally meant a rolled steel or brass shell. Shallow CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Michael Bettine, Robyn Flans, Burt Korall, Rick Mattingly, Ken Micallef, Mark Parsons, Mike 1 1 meant 5" or 5 ⁄2", deep meant 6 ⁄2" or (occasionally) 8". Haid, Robin Tolleson, Lauren Vogel Weiss, T. Bruce Wittet. Today, the choices are literally overwhelming. Sure, the standard MODERN DRUMMER magazine (ISSN 0194-4533) is pub- lished monthly by MODERN DRUMMER Publications, Inc., models still exist, but they’ve been joined by literally hundreds of 12 Old Bridge Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009. PERIODICALS variations. There are enough different wood types to boggle a MAIL POSTAGE paid at Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 and at addi- tional mailing offices. Copyright 2003 by MODERN DRUM- botanist. Solid-, stave-, and segment-shell models have augmented MER Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction ply shells. 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MEMBER: Magazine Publishers Of America, National Association Of Music Merchants, American Music Conference, Percussive Arts Society, Music Educators National Conference, Percussion Marketing Council, Music Magazine Publishers Association MODERN DRUMMER ONLINE: www.moderndrummer.com PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES 8 Modern Drummer November 2003 For a limitedget atime only, Meinl Amun 10“Splash for FREE* when you purchase any Amun hihat, crash, china or ride cymbal. Find out what Mike Terrana, Thomas Lang, and other top drummers already know about MEINL CYMBALS. Thanx to: * Offer ends December 31st, 2003. READERS’ PLATFORM KEITH CARLOCK Thanks for the article on Keith Carlock. I I feel, however, that I must submit a cor- as a featured member of “The Drummers was impressed to learn about this talented rection. On your contents page, you ask, Of Woody Herman.” I had the privilege of young drummer. And I always enjoy “Who’s the only drummer to play on an studying with Ed for four years. He is a reading about one of my favorite bands, entire Steely Dan album?” The implication— truly inspirational drummer, educator, and Steely Dan. reaffirmed as a statement on page 44—is that gentleman.