WhoIsTony?
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I was wondering if there is a one piece, tune, section of a tune...whatever...that you could put your finger on... that when you mention it the thread title would end your sentence.
I have many ... as most of you all probably do as well.
my brother putting in his Zeppelin II 8 track when I was very young
seeing Buddy Rich on TV
hearing Live At Leeds for the first time
etc etc
but the one thing I credit with actually changing my life as an already semi accomplished player was ....... while studying with Elvin Jones in the mid to late 1990s he showed me a recording.
Elvin never used books
never brought out a metronome
never talked to me once about technique.
he only talked about making music
trusting your instincts
knowing your boundaries and not fearing pushing them
I'll never forget while trading 4s one time with a bass player he brought in I stopped because I didn't like the sticking I used and I questioned if I was in time....Elvin slammed his giant hand down on my sticks holding them to the snare drum and said...
"don't think about that $h!t my man....just play music...ya dig?"
that very day he played me this drum solo ...... and it changed my life
http://youtu.be/H9LL3UtCkaU?t=4m
I have many ... as most of you all probably do as well.
my brother putting in his Zeppelin II 8 track when I was very young
seeing Buddy Rich on TV
hearing Live At Leeds for the first time
etc etc
but the one thing I credit with actually changing my life as an already semi accomplished player was ....... while studying with Elvin Jones in the mid to late 1990s he showed me a recording.
Elvin never used books
never brought out a metronome
never talked to me once about technique.
he only talked about making music
trusting your instincts
knowing your boundaries and not fearing pushing them
I'll never forget while trading 4s one time with a bass player he brought in I stopped because I didn't like the sticking I used and I questioned if I was in time....Elvin slammed his giant hand down on my sticks holding them to the snare drum and said...
"don't think about that $h!t my man....just play music...ya dig?"
that very day he played me this drum solo ...... and it changed my life
http://youtu.be/H9LL3UtCkaU?t=4m