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There’s a yin and yang in music… a soul in it… the push and pull… it’s like a slingshot.
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You have to be the best that you can be
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You have to arrive… the way the music has to feel.
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Slipknot… It’s the most physically and mentally exerting thing I’ve ever been a part of in my life.
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I want to headbang… and head banging requires following a steady meter.
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If the attitude is there… if the vibe is there… if I put fourth the passion I know this band is about… I might not know much today… but I know the intensity and the passion that surrounds this band… and what’s expected within and outside the band… there’s just an expectation that you go with these things.
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Sometimes playing with a click isn’t going to achieve what this band needs.
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It wasn’t verbal learning lessons… it was harnessing the broad strokes of the songs.
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No one’s going to want to tell you twice.
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I became an even quicker learner… honing my skills of just taking a kernel of what someone said and practicing psychotically to make sure I delivered.
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You have to create space to pull back and keep it musical.
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Keeping a responsible meter… that’s super important to me.””One of the things I carried from playing with bruce was a sense of time.
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Aside from Bruce, I’ve never really played with a click live.
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Anything I’ve ever been a part of I’m playing with people that have really strong work ethics.