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VOL. 10, NO. 1

FEATURES

THE STATE OF THE ART

MD Hall Of Fame members Buddy

Rich, Neil Peart, Steve Gadd, and

Louie Bellson, as well as Readers

Poll winners Larrie Londin, Danny

Gottlieb, Omar Hakim, Sly Dunbar,

Alan Dawson, and David Garibaldi

discuss past, present, and future

trends in drumming.

Photo by Veryl Oakland

EQUIPMENT IN MD:

AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

A survey of drum equipment over the

past ten years, taken from the pages

of MD.

Photo by Dimo Safari

MD SOUND SUPPLEMENT:

STUDIO DRUM SOUNDS

To find out how today's drum sounds

are being created in the studio, we

took drummer Andy Newmark and

electronics expert Jimmy Bralower

into the Power Station, and we've

put the results onto our first

Soundsheet.

Photo by Ebet Roberts

Photo by Deborah Stuer

COLUMNS

EQUIPMENT

INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS 126

PRODUCT CLOSE-UP

MD's Drum Product Consumers Poll

by Bob Saydlowski, Jr.

EDUCATION

STRICTLY TECHNIQUE

South Indian Rhythmic System

by Jamey Haddad

CLUB SCENE

On The Rise: Part 1

by Rick Van Horn

ROCK PERSPECTIVES

Jim Gordon: Style & Analysis

by Bradley Branscum

128

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR'S OVERVIEW

READER'S PLATFORM

ASK A PRO

SLIGHTLY OFFBEAT

MD Trivia

DRUM MARKET

IT'S QUESTIONABLE

IN MEMORIAM

Gone But Not Forgotten

JUST DRUMS

PROFILES

PORTRAITS

Jules Moss: Prepared For The Unusual

by Rick Van Horn

110

118

120

124

NEWS

114 UPDATE

130

10th Anniversary Issue

Modern Drummer enters its 10th year of publication with this issue. At

the risk of sounding a bit immodest, I must say that I’m extremely proud

of what the magazine has accomplished over the past decade and what it

has come to represent in our industry.

We’ve done our absolute best to bring you the finest drum periodical we

could possibly produce month after month. We’ve made an awful lot of

friends, seen a great many changes, and have come a very long way since

our 32-page premier issue, with all of its five advertisers and 3,000 hopeful

readers.

This special anniversary issue represents a celebration for those of us at

MD, and for everyone closely associated with the success of the magazine.

We hope you enjoy what we’ve done here. To start things off, I thought I

might make a personal contribution through the column I’ve been author-

ing since the onset, by reprinting the very first Editor’s Overview, which

introduced the magazine to the drum world. It read . . .

If you’re a drum student, an aspiring pro, a teacher, professional player,

or just a plain old drum enthusiast from eight to eighty, Modern Drummer

is meant for you. Welcome to our inaugural issue.

Drummers have long needed a voice in the form of an intelligent publica-

tion encompassing all phases of the art, and we hope to establish ourselves

in this and future issues, as a significant force in the field of drum educa-

tion, and as a platform for the exchange of ideas.

We’re basically for the drummer who’s interested in growing as a musi-

cian and in search of a source from which he might draw some intelligent

conclusions. We hope to be that source by staying abreast of the latest in

styles, artists, and equipment; by keeping the pages of Modern Drummer

as relevant to the needs of today’s drummers as possible, and by keeping

our fingers firmly placed on the pulse of our fast growing, ever-changing

industry. Our publication will be free in spirit and content, and since we

have no stake in any particular line or its endorsers, we can afford to be

completely representative and unbiased in our presentation of artists and

equipment.

The diversity of our column titles is indicative of the scope of our maga-

zine: Jazz Drummers Workshop, Rock Perspectives, Driver’s Seat, The

Complete Percussionist, Rudimental Symposium, Show & Studio, etc. It is

our hope and belief that all drummers will find something of interest, and

perhaps inspiration, through the pages of any one issue. We will continue

to publish the educational thoughts of some of the most respected and

esteemed authorities of our era, along with in-depth, enlightening inter-

views with some of the most influential players, teachers and experts in the

field.

We hope to represent all drum related organizations in our advertising

pages, press releases, and special feature sections. We openly invite corre-

spondence from all. We’d also like to hear from .you, the reader. Please,

let’s have your comments and suggestions. We think this issue contains

some meaty reading for drummers, and we hope you’ll find it entertaining

and informative.

One final note. The path MD has followed from original concept

through the research, planning and preparation stages, has involved a great

deal of time and effort on the part of many individuals who truly believed

that drummers, like other instrumentalists, wanted and needed a publica-

tion of their own. To all our many dear friends whose kind words, enthusi-

asm, and firm belief in this project over the past year helped us over those

inevitable obstacles to reach the reality of this, our first issue, we particu-

larly thank you and welcome you to MD. We have arrived. Enjoy.

As I reflect on that initial editorial, I doubt very much if I would change

it or attempt to improve upon it. The words are as true today as they were

back then, with the possible exception of the fact that there are now a great

deal many more people to thank.

And so, my deepest gratitude to the thousands of loyal MD readers

around the world, the music dealers who have carried the magazine in their

shops, and the industry advertisers who have supported our efforts all

along. To all the advisers, the writers, the photographers, my staff, and the

many friends of the magazine, I thank you for helping make a 10th Anni-

versary issue of Modern Drummer Magazine a reality, and for making the

entire experience a joy for me, personally.

PUBLISHER

Ronald Spagnardi

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Isabel Spagnardi

EDITO 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

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

Isabel Spagnardi

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Ellen Corsi

ASSISTANT

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Tracy Kearney

DEALER SERVICE MANAGER

Debbie Worden

CIRCULATION

Leo Spagnardi

Susan A. Kretschmar

SALES PROMOTION MANAGER

Evelyn Urry

MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD

Henry Adler, Carmine Appice, Louie Bellson, Bill

Bruford, Roy Burns, Jim Chapin, Les DeMerle, Len

DiMuzio, 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, Jeff Potter, Teri

Saccone, Robert Santelli, Bob Saydlowski, Jr., Chip

Stern, Robin Tolleson, T. Bruce Wittet.

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