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They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
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But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.
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I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.
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There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.
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To have everything written for you... It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
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Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
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But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.
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And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
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So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
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As far as music school goes. I walked through Berkeley one time to visit with some people I know.
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I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
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But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
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So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.
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