I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.
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I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.John Otto
When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.
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But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.
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We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.
John Otto
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.
John Otto
I liked how it came out, and that's one thing I really was always thinking about, my meter. It's got to groove. It's got to move people.
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