Modern Drummer #087.pdf

VOL. 11, NO. 1

Cover Photo by Dennis Keeley

EDUCATION

TEACHERS' FORUM

Setups For The Left-handed

Drummer

by Michael Lawson

BASICS

The Added Dimension

by Tracy R. Hoeft

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

Taxes And The Working Drummer

by Clark B. Smith

ROCK 'N' JAZZ CLINIC

Funk In Five

by Chuck Kerrigan

ROCK CHARTS

Gregg Bissonette: "Shyboy"

by Gregg Bissonette

GREGG BISSONETTE

Although his background includes playing jazz with Maynard

Ferguson and Brazilian/Cuban music with Tania Maria,

Bissonette reveals why he considers his current rock 'n' roll gig

as David Lee Roth's drummer to be his "dream come true."

by Robyn Flans

CONCEPTS

More Questions And Some Answers

by Roy Burns

100

CLUB SCENE

The Dream Stand

by Rick Van Horn

102

EQUIPMENT

SHOP TALK

The Inflatable Drumkit

by Rick Van Horn

GARY HUSBAND

What would enable a drummer to be flexible enough to

perform with the '40s-style Sid Lawrence Orchestra, Allan

Holdsworth's I.O.U., and the jazz/funk band Morrisey

Mullen? Find out in this interview with the very versatile Gary

Husband.

by Simon Goodwin

ELECTRONIC REVIEW

Dynacord Rhythm Stick

by Bob Saydlowski, Jr

104

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP

Remote Hi-Hats

by Bob Saydlowski, Jr.

and Rick Mattingly

106

JUST DRUMS

112

PROFILES

PORTRAITS

Walter Keiser And Pedro Haldemann

by Jany Sabins

THE DRUMMERS OF

WOODY HERMAN

Over the past 50 years, drummers such as Davey Tough,

Shelly Manne, Sonny Igoe, Jake Hanna, Ed Soph, and Jeff

Hamilton have filled the drum chair in the Woody Herman

Orchestra. We have taken a look at all of Woody's drummers

for a revealing glimpse into what it takes to handle a gig with

the Herman Herd,

by Chip Deffaa

UP AND COMING

The Producers' Bryan Holmes

by Michael McCauley

NEWS

UPDATE

REVIEWS

PRINTED PAGE

108

MD SOUND SUPPLEMENT:

SPICING UP BEATS

Rod Morgenstein demonstrates ways to add interest to a beat

and shows how to adapt 4/4 patterns for 7/4 applications 32

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S OVERVIEW

READERS ' PLATFORM

AS K A PRO

IT'S QUESTIONABLE

DRUM MARKET

INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS

Observations

Decade

In last month's MD, we ran an index that

included all the editorial material we've published

over the past ten years. We did this to celebrate the

conclusion of our tenth year of publishing, but

more so to create a simple means of helping readers

better use Modern Drummer Magazine as a refer-

ence tool.

Oddly enough, working at the magazine on a

day-to-day basis tends to distort one's perception

of just what an incredible amount of material

we've delivered since Volume One in 1977.

Recently, while away from the fast pace of the

office, I took a moment to reflect on that index, and

I was able to focus in more clearly on the wealth of

information that's been passed along. I'd like to

share some of that with you.

We've actually published a total of 86 issues of

Modern Drummer since 1977. To those who don't

recall, MD was started as a quarterly publication.

Every two years, we stepped up production, first to

bimonthly, then to nine issues, and finally to

monthly. We've printed literally millions of words

and thousands of photographs, on roughly 8,000

magazine pages. We've shared the thoughts of

more than 600 drumming artists and industry per-

sonalities with you. And we've published nearly

100 feature articles dealing with everything from

equipment highlights, how-to articles, and histori-

cal information, to health and science features,

and articles on business and career.

Our 38 alternating column departments have

carried over 700 articles by a myriad of respected

drumming authorities and free-lance drummer/

writers, not including some 72 Rock Charts and

Drum Soloist transcriptions .With the exception of

86 editorials, MD's Rick Van Horn (Club Scene),

Roy Burns (Concepts), and Bob Saydlowski, Jr.

(Product Close-up) hold the record for the long-

est-running columns of all. Here are three quite

knowledgeable gentlemen never at a loss for

words. We've also reviewed more than 300

records, tapes, and books over the years, and pre-

sented an opinion on some 120 various percussion

products. Finally, we've printed and distributed all

of this information on a total of over 3,000,000

copies of MD, reaching drummers in every remote

corner of the world.

Throughout the past 50 years, there have been

several attempts at the publication of a drum peri-

odical—some very noble efforts indeed, some not.

But I'm extremely proud of the fact that Modern

Drummer Magazine holds claim to the world's all-

time record with ten consecutive years of publish-

ing and the presentation of more editorial material

on the subject of drumming than any other publi-

cation of its kind in the world—past or present.

I feel certain that a huge portion of our success

stems from the fact that we've always kept our eyes

and ears wide open to the thoughts of you, the

reader. As always, I encourage you to write to us.

Give us your ideas on where MD can be of even

greater value to you. We need your continual input

to keep the magazine on target, for you!

Now, enough about past accomplishments, sta-

tistics on editorial content, your valued input, and

the general horn-blowing tone of this column! It's

now time to move straight ahead towards even

greater achievements over the next ten years of

Modern Drummer. Stay with us!

PUBLISHER

Ronald Spagnardi

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Isabel Spagnardi

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

Isabel Spagnardi

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Ellen Corsi

ASSISTANT

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Tracy Kearney

DEALER SERVICE MANAGER

Sharon M. Leary

CIRCULATION

Leo Spagnardi

Crystal W. Van Horn

Denise Genna

Agnes Joyce

SALES PROMOTION MANAGER

Evelyn Urry

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Susan Alexander, Chip Deffaa, Robyn

Flans, Simon Goodwin, Jeff Potter, Teri

Saccone, Robert Santelli, Bob Saydlowski,

Jr., RobinTolleson, T. Bruce Wittet.

EDITOR

Ronald Spagnardi

FEATURES EDITOR

Rick Mattingly

MANAGING EDITOR

Rick Van Horn

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Susan Hannum

William F. Miller

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Patricia DiStefano

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