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  • 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.

  • I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

  • Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

  • 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.

  • We've got many different sides of music to us.

  • When the snares don't hit together, it's just the most awful thing to hear.

  • 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.

  • When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building.

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