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" But I've gravitated more towards the drum set. "
Set
More
Drum Set
" Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills. "
Theme
Back
Doing
" I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand. "
Left
Lines
Play
" I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing. "
Never
Match
Play
" I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool. "
Tool
Jazz
Think
" It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about. "
Anyway
About
Music
" I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that. "
Build
Instinct
Go
" I've always liked funk and rock and everything. "
Everything
Rock
Always
" I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it. "
Solid
Pretty
First
" Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality. "
Tool
Enhance
Jazz
" Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure. "
Onstage
Pressure
More
" Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that. "
Too Much
You
Band
" We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album. "
Knew
More
Than
" We've got many different sides of music to us. "
Music
Sides
Us
" 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. "
Time
Used
Practice
" When the snares don't hit together, it's just the most awful thing to hear. "
Hit
Just
Most
" When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building. "
Us
Building
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