The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
From Bill Bruford
Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.
We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through.
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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