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I've always liked funk and rock and everything.
When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building.
I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.
I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.
It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.
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... →
But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.
I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.
Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.
Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.
We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.
We've got many different sides of music to us.
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