Modern Drummer #065.pdf

VOL. 9, NO. 3

Cover Photo by Debra Trebitz /LGI

FEATURES

ROGER TAYLOR

Drummer Roger Taylor's first professional performance was with

the incredibly successful British band Duran Duran. Here, Taylor

discusses such topics as his simple playing style and why it suits

Duran Duran's music, songwriting, his first recording experience,

and the group's videos,

by Robyn Flans

ENGLISH REGGAE

Reggae may have developed in Jamaica, but these days you're likely

to hear as much of it in England as in its birthplace. To find out how

English reggae differs from its Jamaican cousin, we spoke to several

of the drummers who are involved in it: Matumbi's Jah Bunny,

Steel Pulse's Steve Nesbitt, Aswad's Drummie Zeb, and UB 40's

Jim Brown.

by Robert Santelli

JOHN VON OHLEN

One of the most distinctive features of the Stan Kenton band of the

early '70s was its drummer, John Von Ohlen. But instead of going

with other big-name bands after he left Kenton, Von Ohlen went

back to Indianapolis to pursue his career there. Here, he talks about

his work as a big band drummer, and discusses his philosophy that

good music doesn't only exist in New York and L.A.

by Scott K. Fish

INSIDE PREMIER

by Simon Goodwin

JOHN RAE

Total Musicality

by Charles M. Bernstein

COLUMNS

STRICTLY TECHNIQUE

Cross-Sticking

by Bradley Branscum

IN THE STUDIO

Jim Brock

by Rick Van Horn

EDUCATION

ROCK CHARTS

Roger Taylor: "Girls On Film"

by William F. Miller

LISTENER'S GUIDE

by Michael Shrieve and Ed Soph

DRIVER'S SEAT

Fills—Part 1

by Nick Ceroli

ROCK PERSPECTIVES

Thoughts On Practicing

by Rod Morgenstein

CLUB SCENE

The Tools Of Our Trade

by Rick Van Horn

REVIEWS

ON TRACK

EQUIPMENT

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP

CB-700 GC-9P Drumkit

by Bob Saydlowski, Jr.

NEWS

UPDATE

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INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS

SHOP TALK

The Broken Drumhead

by James E. Murphy

JUST DRUMS

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DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S OVERVIEW

READER'S PLATFORM

ASK A PRO

CONCEPTS

Drumming And Automatic Learning

by Roy Burns

THE MUSICAL DRUMMER

Second Review

by Bill Molenhof

PROFILES

PORTRAITS

The World Of Henry Adler

by Jim Dinella

DRUM MARKET

IT'S QUESTIONABLE

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Inside

PUBLISHER

Ronald Spagnardi

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Isabel Spagnardi

EDITOR

Ronald Spagnardi

FEATURES EDITOR

Rick Mattingly

MANAGING EDITOR

Rick Van Horn

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Susan Hannum

William F. Miller

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Elaine Cannizzaro

ART DIRECTOR

David H. Creamer

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

Kevin W. Kearns

Several months ago, I wrote about MD's network of Contributing Writ-

ers. Of equal importance to the success of every issue of Modern Drummer

are those individuals listed to the immediate right of this column, with Edi-

torial and Art Department titles. These are the people who comprise our

in-house editorial staff.

Though balancing the feature section of each issue is a group decision,

the department is basically under the direct, daily supervision of Features

Editor, Rick Mattingly. Rick coordinates the assignments of the field writ-

ers, and painstakingly tailors every feature story to the needs of the MD

reader. Following the progress of each article from initial assignment to

press is only one phase of a job that also includes writing feature inter-

views, reviews, and updates. Rick is also the Editor of Modern Percussion-

ist, our new sister publication.

MD's Managing Editor is Rick Van Horn, and one of his key roles is to

screen and edit much of the monthly column roster. Along with the many

managerial duties required to keep this segment of MD efficient, he also

pulls photographic material together for each issue, checks all proofs, and

is directly responsible for MD's columns On The Move, Ask A Pro, It's

Questionable and Just Drums, among others. Rick also writes occasional

features for the magazine, as well as his monthly Club Scene column.

Susan Hannum is one of MD's two Associate Editors and is also Manag-

ing Editor of Modern Percussionist. Articles for both magazines must pass

across her desk for final copy editing. Careful scrutiny of all manuscripts,

galleys and page proofs, with an eagle eye for mispelled words or mis-

placed commas, is an important part of this phase of the operation.

Finally, the material is forwarded to Editorial Assistant, Elaine Canniz-

zaro, who types every manuscript into our word processing system, and

sends it via telephone lines to our preproduction printing service.

MD's newest Associate Editor is William Miller. Along with a host of

diversified writing and editing projects, Bill is responsible for checking

every note of music appearing in both MD and MP, and also handles the

preparation and formatting of Printed Page (book reviews), On Track

(record reviews) and Setup Update.

Perhaps you're wondering how all these bits and pieces of magazine con-

tent come together. Well, before any of it leaves the office, every article,

photograph, headline and advertisement ends up in the Art Department

under the supervision of Art Director, David Creamer. It's Dave's job to

sort it out, design the layouts, and present it all in magazine format. It

starts with sketches of story layouts, photo selection and line art design,

through to the placement of all editorial and advertising material, and the

checking and double checking of all these elements from concept to com-

pletion. The fact that it's not unusual to have three issues, at various

stages, moving through at the same time may give you some indication as

to why the Art Department tends to be one of the more interesting spots in

the building.

Everything I've mentioned is really an oversimplification of the work

performed by the in-house staff, but I think it may give you a general idea

of the overall process. It's a rather complex procedure that requires the

skill and hard work of a dedicated team, and I consider myself fortunate to

have one of the best editorial teams around.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

Isabel Spagnardi

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Ellen Corsi

DEALER SERVICE MANAGER

Janet Gola

CIRCULATION

Leo Spagnardi

Tracy Kearney

SALES PROMOTION MANAGER

Evelyn Urry

MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD

Henry Adler, Carmine Appice, Louie Bellson, Bill Bru-

ford, Roy Burns, Jim Chapin, Les DeMerle, Len DiMu-

zio, Charlie Donnelly, Peter Erskine, Danny Gottlieb,

Sonny Igoe, Jaimoe Johanson, Jim Keltner, Mel Lewis,

Larrie Londin, Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Butch

Miles, Joe Morello, Andy Newmark, Neil Peart, Charlie

Perry, Paul T. Riddle, Ed Shaughnessy, Steve Smith, Ed

Thigpen.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Susan Alexander, Charles M. Bernstein, Scott K. Fish,

Robyn Flans, Simon Goodwin, Dave Levine, Robert

Santelli, Bob Saydlowski, Jr., Chip Stern, Robin Tolle-

son, T. Bruce Wittet.

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