- The P word is not practice,practice, practice but play, play, play. - Be meticulous with every note you play and be thankful for the oppurtunity to play it. - Pay peanuts, get monkeys. Advice for band managers. - The worst thing that can happen to me when filling in for another drummer is the band telling me at the end of the night how well I played and how much feel I have compared to their regular drummer. I can guarantee that I won't get called again once the word gets back to the regular drummer. - Anyone who thinks that Phil Collins is not a serious drummer obviously hasn't heard of Brand X. - Someone who owns recording equipment is not necessarily an engineer. - I don't trust the musical opinion of anyone who can't play a C major scale( 2 octaves!) - I once played for a "famous" singer who did not utter a single word to me. After I discovered that I was filling in for his brother it all made sense. - Self discipline is a must to survive. A sense of humour helps as well. - The most solid backbeat in drumming belongs to Andy Newmark. Listen to Lennon's Double Fantasy or Roxy Music's Avalon before you think you disagree. - There are no limits to learning. If you are good you strive to be better. - A teenage friend of mine told me that Jon Farriss of INXS was his all-time favourite drummer. I couldn't take anything he said seriously after that. - Studying with Chad Wackerman made me realise how many drummers in Sydney are "just pretending". - I studied common sense more than I studied drumming. - My favourite part of my drumset are my invoices. FAVOURITE QUOTES Women and musicians first! Its been a pleasure trying to play with you. The older I get the better I was. Is that the banjo player Porsche parked outside? Please write all song requests on the back of a $50 dollar note. Most producers - "that was perfect, lets do one more." After almost 20,000 private lessons and 1,000 professional engagements a music teacher at an exclusive eastern suburbs private school asked me what my qaulifications were at an interview - to which I replied " a house in Annandale and a Renault in my driveway". An audience member approached me as I was packing up after a show and kindly commented that he enjoyed my playing, he then asked whether I had learnt to play at the Conservatorium Of Music. I said "Yes, the one in Willoughby." My good friend Daniel Hudecek was present and started to laugh. He knows what I think of most music institutions.
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