What are you listening to right now? (Music)

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Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

Yuppers :)

Bozzio and Bruford, with of course the prerequisite Peart, were my percussion/drumming 'heros' back in the day. Sadly, Peart went a bit too far into drum machine learning/electronic side and his playing showed it. My fave kit of his was during the Farwell To Kings tour (Hemispheres was also good). Met Neil totally by chance on the beach in Hollywood FL when he was on vacay with his daughter and wife (who both later passed).

Bruford, who i met a couple of times including when he helped launch the Simmons amazing SDX kit, saw the possibilities of implementing electronic drums in a different way... including melodically. His exploration in prog, jazz, and melody is awe-inspiring. Bill creates both experimental sound in interesting 'time' and space for the music to flourish.

Bozzio... an amazing musical journey. From his really cool electronic triggers within a custom artistic platform during Missing Persons to other kits, and yes, finally, his large tuned drums and percussion kit many are familiar with today. This current kit makes incredible sense to me, bravo Terry! His musical journey shows glorious human technical prowess combined with musical 'growth' and inspiration imho, tho Bruford is his equal yet in a different way.

While my friends were busy learning The Who, Stones, Beatles and others, some of us were on a different 'not commercially acceptable' path... and that's when i realized the music biz is as Hunter S. Thompson says it is.

<sarc> Gotta love the music BUSINESS.

I’ve liked Bozzio’s playing and the drums of his huge, tuned set sounds cool but the cymbals sound like trash can lids to me. I haven’t been as fond of his solos though. That’s where I feel Peart really shined. To me, his solos were always more interesting than many of the other great drummers. Buddy Rich was awfully damn good as well.