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

Bill Bruford

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
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
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
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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Holding Stars Tricks Uniqueness
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
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
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
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
Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that’s where I’m at.
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Entertainment Music Sides
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Alcohol Awful Fear
We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality – the broader picture, if you will.
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Broader Importance Overlook Picture Will
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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Great Things Information Players Question Way
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
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
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

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