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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But I've played with so many varied bands with varied musical tastes, that I feel qualified to have my own musical tastes at this point in my life.
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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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And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.
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I have other things that I have to do - practice my martial arts, take care of my cars. I don't put too much emphasis on practice anyhow.
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