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@all: On you respective instruments, who are your biggest influences?
...for me (drums) I'd say, off the top of my head, the obvious John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, and Neil Peart, plus Mitch Mitchell and Bill Bruford, and every drummer who ever played for Zappa or Steely Dan (including, but not limited to Terry Bozzio, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Collaiuta, etc. etc.) . . . then there are the fusion guys like Billy Cobham . . . and of course the ultimate jazz drumming genius of Elvin Jones . . . in "lists" I always feel like I am badly overlooking somebody . . .
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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