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But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

Bill Bruford

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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Bills Finished Listen Play
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
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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Home Phones Practice
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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Awful Fear Rooms Sometimes
I 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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Musician Remember Two Writing
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Alcohol Awful Fear
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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Bills Drummer Fabulous
Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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Approach Piano Pieces Writing
So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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Classic Holes Technique
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.
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Adding Harmony Learnt More Provided Rugged
The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
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Best Gigs Practices Shapes
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
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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Ability Drummer Ideas Strong
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
And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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Areas Rhythm Rooms
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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Helpful Style Weakness

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

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