We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.
BILL BRUFORDI didn’t write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn’t.
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So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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And we’d drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink… And now people don’t drink nearly as much, for good reason. We’re all a little wiser.
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I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn’t quite have the ability to carry them out.
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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We’re Gonna Make You a Star.
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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with – good, bad and indifferent. It’s extremely hard to be specific.
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