As a drummer, I love music that is full of rhythm and
percussion. I like virtually all types
of music except for country. I tried…believe
me I tried to like country. I was
station in Cheyenne Wyoming for over seven years and I even played drums in a
country band. Can’t stand it! It’s the same drivel over and over with the
twangy type of yodel thrown in. Funny
that the crossover acts are sounding more and more like rock (sorry Taylor
Swift, you still suck), but it doesn’t come close to anything I like. Of course, music is an individual taste and a
lot of people love country music. More
power to you.
Now let’s talk about reggae.
I went to a local club at Universal CityWalk this weekend with one of my
best friends in the world…a guy named Lans.
We became friends because we worked together and discovered that we have
a lot in common…for one, we’re both Jamaican.
Yes, the irony in that statement is cloying. There are great bands that play at Bob Marley’s
(the club at Universal)…Chain Reaction was playing this weekend and they
sounded amazing. They played all kinds
of reggae and they sounded great. It’s
an open air bar (no roof!) and the weather was perfect. The crowd was swaying and loving the
music. Actually, it was kind of
spiritual and I had a smile on my face all night.
I’m working on the three main reggae beats as well. The band that my friends Jim, Tom, Mark, and myself
are putting together do ‘Three Little Birds’ by Marley so I need to get it
right. If you think about it, when you’re
out at a club and dancing, what do you dance to?? The drums, the beat, that’s what. And I’m here to provide that for you.
Peace, loving reggae,rock on,
Steve
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