Who the hell are these guys?
http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums...ght-now-631530
Who the hell are these guys?
http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums...ght-now-631530
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
They're also mostly British, and were compiled by a British magazine from a readers' poll. So you don't see Jim Keltner or Vinnie Colaiuta or Steve Jordan. Indeed, Matt Chamberlain is the only one I recognize.
It actually may. They're having to duplicate, live, something that typically was programmed on a drum machine, and duplicate it exactly note-for-note every night - because the hits must sound like the hits. (Beyonce's band has two kit drummers for that very reason, to duplicate drum-machine parts not playable by one person.) They're also having to play something simple and dumb perfectly. That takes ability - a very different kind of ability from playing jazz well, but ability nonetheless.
That's why I dig the guys who've played with Prince and Madonna... gotta be a human metronome - but with pocket and groove. Rod Morgenstein once told me the hardest thing he ever did was learn to play Winger songs... haha. Too easy - yet so hard for a player who likes lots of little notes. :P
Problem is not to get bored so you lose the concentration.
If Chad Wackermann's not there, it's all lies.
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