VOLUME 15, NUMBER 12 FEATURES DIRECTORY FOR THE SPEED METAL COLLEGE-BOUND JIM MIXED BAG DRUMMER KELTNER No, it's not just the blur of noise In this special feature, MD lists you might think it is. Just ask the hundreds of colleges across the Jim Keltner has built his reputa- drummers who have to deal with country where you can get top- tion on coming up with that thrash's blinding speed, volatile notch drumming instruction "perfect" yet unique drum part. beats, and—yes—elusive sub- while earning a full college edu- Over the years greats like Joe tleties. This month we probe the cation. And in a special sidebar, Cocker, Bob Dylan, John nature of the beast with John noted percussion educator Bob Lennon, Elvis Costello, and the Tempesta of Exodus, Vinnie Paul Breithaupt takes a closer look at Wilburys have employed his witty of Pantera, RJ. Herrera of your options and what you need yet highly grooving drumming. Suicidal Tendencies, to prepare for drum- Now Keltner's in a new band and Shannon Larkin of ming on the college with buddies Hiatt, Lowe, and Wrathchild America. 26 level. Cooder, where he gets • by Teri Saccone by Harold Howland 30 a chance to really let the ideas flow. • by Robyn Flans 20 MD's YAMAHA DRUM RIG GIVEAWAY Win a Yamaha Drum Rig worth $12,400! 64 COVER PHOTO BY JACK WHITE COLUMNS Education 50 ROCK 'N' JAZZ CLINIC Equipment Accentuating the Less Obvious Parts Of The Measure: Part 1 38 PRODUCT BY ROD MORGENSTEIN CLOSE-UP GMS Drumkit Departments 54 ROCK CHARTS BY RICK MATTINGLY News Liberty DeVitto: 40 Gon Bops Gongas 4 EDITOR'S "I Go To Extremes" BY CHUCK SILVERMAN OVERVIEW TRANSCRIBED BY 8 UPDATE BILL REEVE 41 Pearl Soprano Charlie Watts, the Snare Drums 6 READERS' Godfathers' George 70 THE JOBBING BY RICK MATTINGLY PLATFORM Mazur, the Escape DRUMMER 42 Patterson Cable Snares Club's Milan Zekavica, BY RICK MATTINGLY George Hurley of Getting Back 12 ASK A PRO fIREHOSE, and Vito On The Scene Bono of Kingofthehill, BY CARL J. ZACK 136 NEW AND plus News NOTABLE 16 IT'S 116 MASTERCLASS QUESTIONABLE 132 INDUSTRY Portraits In Rhythm: HAPPENINGS Etude #25 60 CRITIQUE BY ANTHONY J. CIRONE 118 CONCEPTS 122 1991 Profiles Politics And Music INDEX UPDATE BY ROY BURNS 44 UP & COMING 138 DRUM MARKET Clint de Ganon 120 STRICTLY BY TERI SACCONE TECHNIQUE Developing The 78 A DIFFERENT Paradiddle With VIEW Progressive Accents: Pat Metheny Part 3 BY RICK MATTINGLY BY JOE MORELLO EDITOR'S OVERVI EW EDITOR/PUBLISHER Ronald Spagnardi ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Isabel Spagnardi More Drums On Campus MANAGING EDITOR Rick Van Horn FEATURES EDITOR William F. Miller ASSOCIATE EDITOR It's been over twelve years since MD ran a directo- Adam J. Budofsky ry for drummers interested in college music pro- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Rick Mattingly grams. Originally researched by MD's Harold EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Karen Walsh Howland, our '79 Directory was the result of ART DIRECTOR Scott G. Bienstock numerous requests from readers who were prepar- ing to start college. Since then we've had further ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Tracy A. Kearns requests to not only update the listing, but to tar- ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Bob Berenson get it more specifically toward drummers wanting ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Joan C. Stickel to attend a degree-granting institution while main- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Laura Martin taining their focus on drumset. SALES AND MARKETING Crystal W. Van Horn Following our decision to revise the Directory, we once again con- DIRECTOR tacted Harold Howland, who began nearly six months of research to CONSULTANT TO THE Arnold E. Abramson bring us our updated "Directory For The College-Bound PUBLISHER Drummer," presented in this issue. Considerably more extensive MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: Henry Adler, Kenny than the original listing, the updated version now includes close to Aronoff, Louie Bellson, Bill Bruford, Roy Burns, Jim Chapin, Alan 600 colleges, universities, and conservatories across the United Dawson, Dennis DeLucia, Les DeMerle, Len DiMuzio, Charlie Donnelly, Peter Erskine, Vic Firth, Danny Gottlieb, Sonny Igoe, Jim States that offer opportunities for the drumset player. Along with the Keltner, Larrie Londin, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Joe Morello, Rod school addresses and phone numbers, it also includes the names of Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Neil Peart, Charlie Perry, Dave Samuels, music department heads and faculty, and their teaching specializa- John Santos, Ed Shaughnessy, Steve Smith, Ed Thigpen, Dave Weckl. tions. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Robyn Flans, Simon Goodwin, Ken Micallef, Jeff Potter, Teri Saccone, Robert Santelli. Bear in mind that the Directory is merely a starting point. 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READERS' PLATFORM Kenny Aronoff Since He Asked... Style, technique, equipment changes, perience. Whew! And there was an In your September Readers' Platform, attitude changes...what an education unquestionable amount of racial bias, Mike Musselman suggested that I ask Kenny Aronoff shared in his cover story. too. The general consensus seemed to be myself if I had what it takes to be in a [September '91 MD] I've admired Kenny that all important contributions to jazz cover band. Well now, let's see: 1) The as a live drummer—I've seen him in con- drumming have been made by black ability to stifle true creativity in favor of a cert with Mellencamp and at several clin- men, and that it is only the black experi- salary; 2) the ability to call it quits on my ics—but I wasn't aware of all the studio ence that really gives credibility to jazz own songs, and to join the ranks of "com- action he's had in the last few years until music itself. fortable" music shovelers; 3) the ability I read the story. I really appreciated I don't for a moment discount the con- to please the IRS; and 4) the ability to learning about the changes Kenny did tributions made to jazz by black musi- spend my musical life meticulously mim- and didn't make for his various sessions. cians, but I'm damned tired of hearing icking other artists' creations (with an His career-oriented anguish over that only black musicians can play real occasional wacky splash of my own—tee whether or not to take the Airplane tour jazz! If that's the case, why was Adam hee!). was also an eye-opener. Kenny's honesty Nussbaum included in the group? What's Why no—I guess I don't. came through in the story just the way it Joe Morello done over the years, or Louie Michael Budd does in his playing. Credit to Rick Bellson, or Ed Shaughnessy, or Dave Cincinnati OH Mattingly for conveying that honesty so Calarco, or Peter Erskine, or Steve clearly. Smith? It's one thing (and not a very nice Bill Wheeler one) to continually slag Dave Weckl, who, Aurora CA admittedly, is more at home in an electric MD And jazz medium than "traditional" or Drums & Drumming "bebop" playing.