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Cris Cohen interviews drummer Sandy Gennaro. Sandy has recorded several Top 10 singles and played with artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Bo Diddley, and Johnny Winter. They discuss: - Joan Jett – “Everything you play sounds like a hit record.” - The natural ability called “feel” - His intense preparation for gigs - Knowing what NOT to play - What he teaches to corporations about beating the odds - Why many companies have customer service issues or employee retention issues - And more Cris Cohen interviews Guitar Gabby of the TxLips Band. (The occasional squeak sounds you hear are from her dog playing with its chew toy.) They discuss: - Why her band role includes the title of “lawyer” - Their description as an “all women touring collective” - The TxLips album “Prison of Life” - Using music to both vent and connect with others - Her solo album “Musicology” - Being influenced by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai - Studying philosophy - The importance of being yourself - Developing a brand without losing sight of yourself Never miss a full interview or an excerpt. Subscribe to the newsletter Hire Bands To Fans to develop custom content for your band From the archives, an interview I did with Andy Summers of The Police back in 1999. We discussed: - His solo album "Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk" - Playing songs on the guitar that were created for the piano - Internalizing the Thelonious Monk repertoire - Why he mixed the album twice - Getting Sting to sing on “Round Midnight” - Jazz guitar versus rock guitar Listen to the interview Read the interview -- Never miss a full interview or an excerpt. Subscribe to the newsletter Hire Bands To Fans to develop custom content for your band or business ListenReadCris Cohen: Regarding your album “Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk,” what are the challenges in playing pieces on the guitar that were created for the piano?
Andy Summers: Well, that's a good question. I guess the challenge is to make it sound authentic on the guitar, which specifically for me involved things like changing keys, which of course some people think is sacrilegious. I think that is a little purist. For example, a piece like “Round Midnight” was composed in the key of E flat minor, which is difficult on the... not difficult, but it doesn't give you a lot on the guitar in terms of the guitar voices. If you move it up one fret or half a step, you get into E minor, which is, of course, basically the key the guitar is in. And you’ve got a lot of open strings, a lot of very interesting dissonances and open voicings that you wouldn't get in E flat minor. So it starts to really sound like a guitar piece then. It can sound a lot more beautiful, actually. There's a lot of stuff you can do, which is not available in E flat minor. In fact, this is a slightly weird one. On “Round Midnight” what I did was to play it as if the guitar was in the position of the open E minor, but in fact I de-tuned the whole guitar a half step. So in fact, it's authentically in E flat minor but made available on the guitar with the open string. I don't know if you can follow that. Cris Cohen: Yeah. It's almost like you're tricking yourself. Andy Summers: I wanted it to have the dissonant voicings available to me, but that meant to achieve that, I played it as if in E minor, but in fact with the guitar tuned down. Things like that. I would change keys slightly, find ways to play the heads, or the actual compositions, with open strings, slides, slurs, harmonics, hammers… to make it sound distinctive. Rather than just playing everything fretted and just like I'm just playing the tune without really thinking about it in terms of the guitar itself. So, I was pretty specific about that. Cris Cohen: Just in switching from the main instrument, from a piano to a guitar, you are obviously putting your own spin on everything. Were there any people who were nervous about the idea of just even doing that, of taking away the piano as the backbone? Andy Summers: To me, the first consideration is, "Right. Okay. There's no piano on the track." It seemed the most obvious move to me because it's my record, Andy Summers. It's like, "Okay. I'm not putting any piano on this record because what's the point?" There's organ on it, but it moves away. It's distinct enough and un-Monk-like enough that it was okay as a texture. But I mean, why would you want to use piano on a Thelonious Monk record unless you were just another pianist doing Monk? For me, I wanted to make it very fresh and have the Monk sound, as far as I could achieve it, in a way that it hadn't been heard before. But I mean, all these things were in my head. I was thinking about them. For instance, I tried to do a left-handed piano on “Bemsha Swing” with the dobro, because it's got more like a piano sound. And try and think about Monk's passable, off-the-wall approaches to playing solos on some of the solo aspects. To a degree, you're self-conscious about it. I'm thinking about Monk. I've got in my head (that) I want to be respectful and pay homage. But at the same time, you want to have your own voice in there. So, it's a lot of things. And some of it is just playing it and thinking back and wondering if you've got it or not. And maybe not listening to it for a while and then come back, listen to what you did, and seeing if it sounds authentic. Doing a record like this is a real challenge in a way. And in some ways harder than just doing your own stuff. Because a lot of people have done Monk. And you're trying to present it differently and have it come off as, not just a failed attempt, but to have spirit. It's easier and more difficult, both at the same time. Internalizing the Monk Repertoire Cris Cohen: And it sounds like with this, more than traditional albums, a lot of planning had to go into it before you even began the recording process, mapping things out? Andy Summers: Well, there's a lot of preparation in terms of internalizing the Monk music, or the Monk repertoire. There were certain things I did. You can prepare, but of course, you're playing jazz, so I think it's more like internal preparation. And then you've got to try and be spontaneous. But hopefully out of all that internal preparation, the right thing is going to emerge. On that, I stopped listening to anything else for a couple of months before I made this record. I only listened to Monk. I stopped listening to any other kind of music. I had also gone through the whole repertoire, which was about 90 pieces, and sorted them into categories, decided which ones had been played too much, listened to some undiscovered gems I could bring out, played most of them on the guitar. I worked right the way through it, so I was pretty much into it. By the time it got around to recording, I was very familiar with it and I'd saturated with it. I felt that I could be in the right place to play it. Cris Cohen: Was it then difficult getting out of that mindset once you had finished the project? Andy Summers: No, it was fine. I'm not totally out of it really, because I'm out now playing it. It's all I'm playing because the record's out. So to back up the whole event, I play my own older material as well, but I'm currently playing a lot of the pieces off the album. It took me a while to put this whole record together. It was a rigorous mental discipline, where I just stayed with the program. And in some ways, at the end of all that, once the record was done, it was nice to let go of it a bit and return to some of the earlier stuff I was playing. And it all seemed very easy after that. Sound Quality Cris Cohen: Now, one of the first things you notice when comparing Monk's recordings to yours is the difference in the quality of sound, quite obviously because you had much different recording materials available to you than he did. Was there ever any concern about making the songs too clean or too crisp? Andy Summers: Well, it's a good thought. Yeah, I understood what you were saying, but I guess the way I almost visualized it was that everything's just going to sound much clearer and fresh because of what we can bring to recordings now, the actual recording quality. No, I saw that as a plus actually. Cris Cohen: So it's like when you pick up an older vinyl album and you think, "If only he had the kind of recording equipment I have access to, how much better we could have heard him." Andy Summers: And also, personally, I like recordings to be… I mean, this is always just something I have to go through with every engineer. Because engineers will tend to separate everything out and make them very clean, because that's what they do. And I always try and keep things a little rough, a little murky sounding, punchier. I don't like things to be too audiophile, as it were, because I think it tends to take away from the richness of the music sometimes. It's a hard thing to talk about it, because that's when you're in the mixing mode. In fact, I mixed this record twice. First time, we were pretty exhausted. It was just before Christmas. We both went off for a couple of weeks. I came back and I knew that (the mixes) could be better. I think we both returned and felt at the same place. We virtually remixed the whole album, because it was like we had a better take on it. We were fresher and the second time we got it right, I think. It definitely came out a lot stronger. Cris Cohen: And then not only with this album, but with your other work, has that been a struggle trying to maintain the warmth to the sound in and amongst all this technology and advancements? Andy Summers: Yeah. It's always something that I have to deal with, telling them, "Not too clean. No, it's too clean. It's too much reverb. Everything sounds too separated. Make it sound more like a band." That's always a personal aesthetic. And we’ve got all of this digital technology. I have to always fight to keep it more analog sounding. But I work with a brilliant engineer who is very hip to all that stuff. And it was interesting doing this one, because it was the first time I ever recorded straight to disc, with the new system, the RADAR system. But it sounds fantastic. And it's so easy to use now. It gives you so much creative edge as you're going along. Cris Cohen: So it'll probably be the method you use to record in the future? Andy Summers: Oh, I think so. Yeah. It's so fast. Waiting for tape spool to wind back now is like, "Oh my God. I can't be bothered." With the RADAR system, you just press the button and you're straight back to where you were. It's a real time saver. But it sounds great too. Sting Cris Cohen: Now earlier you brought up the tune “Round Midnight.” Why did you have Sting do the vocals on that track? Andy Summers: There's the obvious reason that everyone likes to see him and I connected on something. But also, he does sing this with that husky, non-vibrato quality he's got that I thought was perfect for this. So it's just a nice thing that everybody would like. But the truth is, he can sing this stuff really well. So, it wasn't difficult to put together. I called and asked if he was interested in doing it. He was very responsive. It was on me then to construct the backing track that he could put the vocal on. I did (that) and then flew to Italy, where he was living, to get him on it. It was a good experience. Jazz vs Rock Cris Cohen: Oh, very cool. And just a few weeks ago I interviewed Bill Evans, who… Andy Summers: Oh, Bill Evans the saxophone player? Great guy. Cris Cohen: I asked him about you. He said that you are a musician with vision, that you look at your study of the guitar as a lifelong learning process. Now the question I have is: How does learning via jazz differ from learning via rock? Andy Summers: How does it differ? Boy, how do you answer that question? Well, I mean, you're specifically learning different things. You're learning a different rhythmic feel. The feel of a jazz solo is very different than a rock solo. Let's see how much of this I can articulate. When you play rock solos, the music is much more strict. You play in eighth notes that are much stricter and on the beat than in jazz. Jazz is a lot sexier. The accents come in different places. It's a very different feel. But it's the emphasis of the accents. Rock, compared to jazz improvisation -- and this is a real generalization -- it's a lot stiffer. Jazz is much looser and sexier. But in musical terms, it's the placement of the accents. I mean, these are generalizations, but that's what you would be working on. And you would take a long time to really get the feel of where a solo goes. But then it's much, much deeper than that even, because you're talking about a major area here. How do you construct a great solo? Because in jazz it should be an unfolding, it should be a narrative. It should be an unfolding of a series of ideas that goes on a little journey. Rock can be like that, but less so in rock. But in a jazz solo, you would tend to build it and you build on the ideas that went before. You play in motifs, play inside and outside of the harmony. It's very rich and deep. It's life. Rock solos tend to be in the middle of a song where someone's singing and… Cris Cohen: Yeah, and more abrasive. Andy Summers: Oh yeah. And obviously much more abrasive. It's a whole different feel. But if you're going to play good jazz on a guitar, then you've got to really study harmony in depth. It's a lifetime study. You never finish. You master it, but you never master it, really. You never get all of it, no matter how many years you put in. Rock is obviously a lot simpler harmonically. You don't need quite the depth of harmony. Though personally, I think the more you know, the more you bring to any field, and then you shape it. Certainly, in The Police, I was just very loaded with jazz and classical studies, but I was playing rock. But I was able to open up the rock parameters by bringing these other elements in. It just made it interesting for people. Not esoteric. Because the main thing is the rhythm… the drums were still there playing in a rock style. And I was able to float all these different things in and out that weren't in the normal, conventional rock style at the time. I think jazz -- I hate to make these comparisons because they're sort of odious -- I think it's the deepest study. It is more difficult to play it really well at the right depth or the right level. You've got to put in a great deal of time. It's a deep, intellectual, lifetime study. The problem with rock, for me, is that I get bored with it. I get bored with the rhythms, particularly. The drumming gets boring for me because it's not loose enough. I find it very wooden and stiff compared to jazz. Cris Cohen: Jazz has a more organic feel. Andy Summers: Yeah, much more organic. It's looser. It’s much more with the body. I find it a lot sexier. Rock is very stiff to me. Improvisation Cris Cohen: Last fall, I interviewed Billy Cobham and he described his playing in jazz and drumming as: He always thinks of it as he's writing a letter to someone. And so that seems to be what you were talking about. Andy Summers: It is. It's a narrative, if it comes from the right place. I go out now and I usually play with the trio. I stand there for a couple of hours on the stage and I play these beautiful tunes, and then I improvise. Basically, improvisation is on-the-spot composition. But playing jazz like that and trying to play deep, it's a real mirror of where you are at the time. What's in your head, your physicality, the room, how you feel about your life… it really mirrors all these things. And that's what I love about it. There's a truth to it. That when you really just stand there and you're just trying to play naked in the space, then it's like you're really attaching to sort of a life process. It's some hard stuff to talk about. It sounds mystical, which is what it is in a way. Words cannot describe it. Except when it's happening, at the right level, you connect to something. I don’t want to get a bit religious, but it is sort of talking to a higher power or something. You do get connected in a way that is deep and hard to talk about, but is very satisfying. Like when you connect with a score. It doesn't happen every time. But in the really great moments, when it's happening like that, it's a wonderful thing. Cris Cohen: And also I think for the listener too, especially at a live performance. Andy Summers: Yeah. People know. I think particularly the audiences in this country, which are very musical, people connect with it. They know when you're there. It's wonderful. His Distinctive Guitar Sound Cris Cohen: Another thing that Bill Evans said -- and which a lot of people have said -- is that you have one of the most distinctive guitar sounds in music. Is this ever a burden? Do you ever find yourself unconsciously… Andy Summers: That's a good question. Yeah. And probably a lot of people mean The Police by that. Well, it's very nice, but you don't even want to get stuck with that, really. You want to be able to keep moving on as much as you can. But I don't know. I think you just go on and you keep doing what you're doing. You can reshape it. But I think it can be a burden if people mean, "Well, why don't you just play just like you did in The Police?" Well, that was a long time ago now. I did that. I've gone to somewhere else with it, which I think for me right now is a lot more interesting. But I hope that, whatever it is, it's your own touch and it comes out anyway. I mean, I think I've still got that. Cris Cohen interviews Kevin Martin of Candlebox. They discuss: - Their new song “Let Me Down Easy” - Co-writing with Pete Cornell - Their cover of “For What It’s Worth” - “There is darkness in enlightenment” - Persistence - How initially being a drummer influenced his songwriting - Being a reluctant singer - Breadmaking - And more Cris Cohen interviews John Thomas Griffith of Cowboy Mouth. JTG was traveling in Alaska at the time. They discuss: - Early notoriety with The Red Rockers - Taking his parents to sound checks - Making the video for “China” - The first time he heard himself on the radio - How learning piano influenced him as a guitarist - The influence of Billy Gibbons and David Gilmore on his approach to the guitar - How his singing has evolved over the years - The perspective gained from international travel Cris Cohen interviews Mark Schulman, drummer for P!nk. They discuss: - The way you communicate and fit in - “I’m in the service industry.” - “I attach a sense of purpose to every single note.” - The importance of empathy - Honoring the space between the notes - P!nk as a drummer - The importance of playing in a relaxed manner - What a drummer can teach MBAs - The power of attitude - Fail big - And more Cris Cohen interviews guitarist, songwriter, composer Marc Bonilla. They discuss: - His album “Celluloid Debris” - Tapping into your creativity - “You have to be bored in order to create” - “People are depriving themselves of daydreaming” - Writing instrumentals - Developing music for movies and TV shows - A great song can be told in different ways - His work with Keith Emerson - What he learned from Ronnie Montrose - His book “Balance Of Power” 
Cris Cohen interviews Dwight Baker of The Wind and The Wave. They discuss:
- How producing other artists has influenced his work with The Wind and The Wave - “I want people to do what’s in their heart… their art.” - The key to supporting Patty’s unique voice - Patty’s different pronunciation of some words in songs - “I want something behind the vocals that’s real” - Patty’s lyrics about friends and family members - Songwriting with different instruments - No cymbals on the first record - Their album “Human Beings Let You Down” - Hearing your song sung back to you from a large audience - The new Missio album he produced - And more Recorded June 17, 2020
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Cris Cohen interviews Thomas Watson of Rainwater Whiskey. They discuss:
- Bringing energy to quarantine performances - When they made the transition from a cover band to writing their own songs - The influence of a new drummer - The song “Before The End Of The Night” - “Read That Wrong” - His love of singer-songwriters - The embellishments he brings to live vocals - Bounsall guitars Recorded June 16, 2020.
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Cris Cohen interviews Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth. They discuss:
- Life is to be enjoyed, not endured - Sometimes songs are (unconsciously) notes to himself - Concerts as a constant creative challenge - Live stream shows and using your imagination - Lessons learned from Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis - Falling off the drum kit while jamming with The Georgia Satellites - Laughing to keep yourself from crying - Why the drums became his primary instrument - “The best music is made when the human spirit is not only trying to express itself, but is trying to free itself” - The children’s book he created - The song “The Avenue” Recorded May 27, 2020
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Cris Cohen interviews John Easdale of Dramarama. They discuss: - Their album “Color TV” - Stripping out most of the instruments from the recording of “You, You, You” - Being a studio band before being a live band - How starting out as a drummer influenced his songwriting - Covering Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan - The pros and cons of the internet from a musician’s perspective - The rough edges of the Dramarama sound - Listening to country and blues music of the 30s and 40s Recorded May 20, 2020 Cris Cohen interviews Stanton Moore, drummer for Galactic. They discuss: - The live streaming masterclasses he has been doing - How he develops his live drumming presentations - The influence of Allen Toussaint - What Galactic looks for in the singers they work with - Their album “Already Ready Already” - Being an independent, self-sustaining band - Their ownership of and work to preserve the New Orleans club Tipitina’s - “Play every gig like it’s your own wedding.” Recorded May 15, 2020. Cris Cohen interviews K.C. O'Rorke, lead singer and trumpet player of the band Flow Tribe. They discuss: - Why they built their own studio - Their song "Longest Night" - The influence of New Orleans - Talking their guitarist out of becoming a dentist - And more Recorded May 13, 2020. I interviewed Jim Weider, formerly with The Band and now with The Weight Band. We discussed: - What he has been working on during the quarantine - Live albums they are preparing to release - Things he learned from Levon Helm - His guitar playing technique of using a pick and fingers at the same time - And more Recorded May 12, 2020.
Cris Cohen interviews Chris Kennedy of Silversage. They discuss:
- The band's natural tendency to focus on hope - Introvert offstage, extrovert onstage - Their song "Strong", born out of the Las Vegas shootings and now an anthem during the pandemic - Their song "All The Way" being played in the Superbowl Recorded May 6, 2020.
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Cris Cohen interviews Ben Sesar, drummer for Brad Paisley. They discuss:
- How his practicing during the downtime caused by the pandemic has been more focused - “Anything you do with less tension is going to be more productive.” - How Brad communicates his drum part ideas to Ben - The influence of Neil Peart - And more Recorded May 5, 2020.
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Cris Cohen interview Bill Gibson of Huey Lewis & The News. They discuss: - How he was raised on big band jazz music - Recording work he has been doing with his daughter Liv Gibson - The new album, "Weather" - New songs "One Of The Boys" and "Hurry Back Baby" He also gives a tour of his home studio.
Cris Cohen interviews Huey Lewis. They discuss:
- The new Huey Lewis & The News album, "Weather" - New songs "One Of The Boys" and "Hurry Back Baby" - Touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan - What makes for a good band member - Songwriting - And more
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I interviewed singer-songwriter Michelle Ariane. We discussed:
- Her album "Bridge The Great Divide" - The intertwining of both strength and vulnerability in the song "Finally Be Me" - How, as a musician, she is coping with the pandemic - And more
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I interviewed Big Sam of Big Sam's Funky Nation. We discussed: - The live stream shows the band has been doing from his driveway - Their album “Songs In The Key Of Funk, Vol. 1” - The influence of Prince and Morris Day on his songwriting - And more Cris Cohen interviews guitarist Matt Jones of Cowboy Mouth. They discuss: - Guitar solos - How he was influenced by Slash - Cowboy Mouth's new EP, "Open Wide" - And more Recorded April 24, 2020. Cris Cohen interviews Rich Redmond, drummer for Jason Aldean. They discuss: - Staying busy in the time of the Covid-19 shutdown - His book, "CRASH Course For Success" - His new talk show - And more Recorded April 17, 2020
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In various interviews you have talked about how you were initially introduced to hard rock in your sheltered upbringing. But what I'm most curious about is what was it was about hard rock and metal that made you gravitate toward it? Suzy Wilson: I don't know what it was, but I just know that, after I started listening to it, it was like, I really like this. I like all kinds of music, but that's what I most closely identify with. When I write music. That's typically how it comes out. Cris: What is your songwriting process? Suzy: Typically I write all the lyrics and I have an idea about what I want the song to sound like. Then I talk with my collaborator, Norman Matthew. He will come up with a riff and I'll go, “Yeah, that's kind of it.” We go through a process. Cris: When you convey kind of what you're going for, how do you do that? Do just describe it in general? Do you reference other songs? Do you hum a few bars? Suzy: All of that. I try to describe it to them. If they're not quite getting it, I might have them listen to a couple of songs that I'm kind of thinking about. But sometimes people get too literal about that. It's the vibe that the song is giving off (that I am going for). I don't want it to be identical to that song. I've done this before with other people. I'd give them like two or three different songs. And they are like, “But they're completely different songs.” “Yeah, but they all have the same vibe to me.” Other than “vibe,” I don't know how to describe it. There is just something about the songs that are common to me. Cris: Yes. And you've worked with some heavyweight musicians. I'm curious also about how often they kind of run with an idea and even take it to a new level that you didn't initially think of. Suzy: I definitely did with Joe Vitale. We kind of just let him run with it. Cris: And regarding this self-titled EP, what was the most challenging song to bring to fruition? Suzy: I'm not sure that any of them were any more challenging than the others. You know, it's a creative process. Sometimes things take longer than you really want them to take. But that's just the nature of how things go. Cris: With your vocals, you have a kind of a calm confidence. Some people, when they get into the hard rock space, the vocals get kind of impatient. They are desperately trying to grab people's attention. But it's like you kind of strut into the room rather than run into the room so to speak. How long did it take to develop that? Suzy: That's another good question. I think I've always sung like that. It's just my personality or something that's different. Cris: So your onstage persona and offstage persona are pretty much the same? Suzy: I think they are. Also, I know it is kind of a weird thing, but I don't get stage fright. I'm more nervous about the performance after it's over than I am before or gearing up for it. I don't know why. I guess because at that point there's nothing I can do about it. Cris: You've worked with some heavyweights, Paul Stanley (KISS), Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big), etc. What have you learned from those experiences? Suzy: I've played with Cheap Trick a couple of times and Nancy Wilson (Heart) as well. Most of the “rock stars” that I've worked with have been very down to earth. Cheap Trick was one of the first ones that I performed with. And Robin Zander is one of my idols because he has such an amazing voice and I had already told the people that were with me that I was going to be a total fan girl. I really thought that I would just lose it over getting to meet one of my idols. And he was such a nice person and just so down to earth that that didn't happen at all. We had a nice conversation. I wasn't screaming or any of the things I had envisioned. They are so “normal” that you forget about that. You just think of them as a person. Suddenly Rob Halford from Judas Priest is just Rob. He was really a sweetheart. Cris: In terms of working with these people who have influenced you, you said in another interview, “It's about taking what influences you and turning it into something that represents you,” which I thought was a great summary of it all. What I'm wondering is how much of that process is natural and unconscious and how much of it is a conscious effort? Suzy: I think a lot of it is unconscious. I think Leon Russell was one of the greatest songwriters and especially lyricists. He could take something very complex and make it at least seem very simple. His lyrics are not real flowery. There are not tons of metaphoric sayings, at least not obviously metaphoric. So I myself try not to overdo things when I write. And it's not like I sit down and go, “Oh, I want to write a song that sounds like a KISS song or a Cheap Trick song.” Some of them may end up being that way, but it's not something I consciously start out to do. Cris: A lot has been made of the fact that you are launching your career later in life than the average musician, especially the average hard rock musician. What advantages have there been to launching your music career in your 60s as opposed to your 20s? Suzy: Well, I kind of started in my 50s, but I'm still working on it in my 60s. I think that I don't take things personally. If somebody doesn't like what I do, I don't care about that. I'm happy with what I do. There are other people out there that like what I do. I've learned that I can't control other people's opinions. I just have to do what I do. And if other people don't like it, then that's their issue. That's not my issue. I interviewed Peter Holsapple (The dB's). We discussed: - Being a multi-instrumentalist - His extensive work with bands like REM and Hootie and the Blowfish - His solo album "Game Day" - And more Recorded February 20, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Film production by Jean-Paul Damé and Fire Horse Films, Inc. I interviewed Mike Vanderhule, drummer for Y&T. We discussed: - The key to playing under a guitar solo - Singing harmony while playing the drums - His studies with Steve Smith - And more Recorded February 16, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
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