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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.

Bill Bruford

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
BILL BRUFORD

Approach Piano Pieces Writing
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Good People Scotch Sweet
So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
BILL BRUFORD

Classic Holes Technique
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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Home Phones Practice
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Holding Stars Tricks Uniqueness
I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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Drug Remember Rocks Sex
But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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Emphasis Facts Lot Thinking
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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Indifferent People Surrounding Yourself
A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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Drummer Guy Reading Rocks
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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Country Different Guy Hard
So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that.
BILL BRUFORD

Adding Harmony Learnt More Provided Rugged
We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality – the broader picture, if you will.
BILL BRUFORD

Broader Importance Overlook Picture Will
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
BILL BRUFORD

Awful Fear Rooms Sometimes

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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