Some of the best music requires not very much in terms of the drums and too much diddle daddling can become the enemy to that particular music. Could you imagine playing a fill or ornament every 4th bar or even 12th bar on a Blues gig ? And then there's music like Alan Holdsworth that requires tons ...

Steve H., do you mean Gadd plays through and Weckl doesn't ? I think playing through builds more tension, and then when finally playing a tension release point- it's like "WHAM!"- finally a release. Holding back on those those release or tension points is the key to me and it bothers me th...

Here are a couple of new Gadd videos. He's jamming in a little Club in NYC. Check out the solo at the end.

Love that !!!


Still Crazy after all of these years...

I'm just not hearing the orchestral approach from anyone except for Gary. He knows these tunes inside-and-out. He's a full orchestra backing up Allen. It must stem from his harmonic background (piano) that leads to this approach. He brings another dimension to the whole thing and it's not necessaril...

I'm sure Vinnie is not into Idolatry and doesn't feel comfortable with it, especially when it is "him" that people are worshiping.

Simple as that...

That was some of the nicest complementary drumming from both Gavin and Simon. Wow !!! No egos, just melodies and rhythm.