A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
BILL BRUFORDOne of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.
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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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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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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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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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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.
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One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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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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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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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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The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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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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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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