hasn't Lenny been mentioned?
I know there are technically better Drummers but for my money Lenny has always been the most tasteful and musical
hasn't Lenny been mentioned?
I know there are technically better Drummers but for my money Lenny has always been the most tasteful and musical
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
I haven't noticed the arrogance you speak of. Now, he seems to be a bit on the OCD side, and sort of wears his emotions on his sleeve. But arrogance? I know he's mentioned "needing" to win drummer magazine polls, but those seemed to be in the context of promotion for (at that time) Dream Theater, not for his own ego. Every time he won one of those, it was good for a few magazine covers, and helped keep DT in the limelight. MP was all about promotion and fans.
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Girl Drummer Kanade Sato - 12 years old
I forget his name, but imo Morglbl's drummer (always wears a backwards baseball cap, and I've seen women gush all over him) is killer city! Right up there with all of his contemporaries afaic.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
While we're naming names, let's add:
Jaki Liebezeit
Mani Neumeier
Klaus Dinger
Tomi Leppänen
Mattias Olsson
Fred Maher
Jojo Mayer
Steve Shelley
Philip Selway
Tomas Haake
etc
Moulty!
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
He strikes me as very arrogant, but most arrogant musicians get away with it when they have the skill to back it up, and I don't see why Portnoy shouldn't as well. Maybe it's something to do with being a drummer, because that's often a self-effacing job in a band: John Bonham is the other one I can think of who seemed very vain.
I think someone already mentioned him; right now AFAIC the nec plus ultra of drumming is by a certain Virgil Donati. His solo In This Life is awe inspiring.
Ed
Sheila E
Morgan Agren, Simon Phillips, Chris Coleman, Vinnie! Yeah!!!
Portnoy...not so much.
People are always complaining about Portnoy.
Portnoy above all those mentioned!!!
Portnoy has the skills to be sure
I think he also has a very dominant showmanship to him that could be mistaken for arrogance. I like his drumming alright, but he doesn't make my top 10
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
"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
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Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Carl Palmer ELP Legacy Performing Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Tarkus
Tony Ortiz - Official Archivist at Emerson Lake & Palmer
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Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake & Palmer drum solo on his Ludwig Kit from Bergen Performing Arts Center
Tony Ortiz - Official Archivist at Emerson Lake & Palmer
https://www.facebook.com/tony.ortiz.94064
Anyone mention Marco Minnemann's Normalizer project?
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
I am so sorry, Scrotum ! Really ! I know its tough.
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