If Steve could teach you how to drum one song..

[Bridget]

..which one would you choose?

my choice would be 'The Art Of Parties' at this moment.

[tallulahtaurus]

I was gonna say the Art of Parties....such a complex pattern....I have most of the other ones down (I love the drums, oh how I wish I could afford a drum set) but The Art of Parties is just like wow, oh my god...

I'll tell you what else I like the drum pattern from Weathered Wall...I think I could probably do that though....although for how long I dunno...??

He is a wonderful drummer pure and simple!!

[sisterlondon]

He could choose the song...

Seriously, probably Life without buildings or Canton.

[japanfan]

Art of parties or Scent of magnolia.

[Burnsjed]

Sons Of Pioneers

[heartofdavid]

Methods of Dance. Although I doubt I'd be a good student, I'd be too busy staring...

And why does Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" come to mind?

[MoodyB]

Too many to pick from!
What I want to know is how he does those backwards rhythms...Not to mention his time structures, if anyone else used them, I don't think they'd work!

[Cheery Cherry]

Just one song? Well, I'm not a drummer (my son is though), so whatever song he try teaching me would take at least a week or so...maybe even months...

[Sylvian's Beard]

He's so underrated. His style is very tight, but pretty complex at the same time.

[Steerpike]

Too many to pick from!
What I want to know is how he does those backwards rhythms...Not to mention his time structures, if anyone else used them, I don't think they'd work!

As I'm not a musician, most of that comment was lost on me , I think I'd need to have more than one drumming session with Steve so I could understand properly

Fave songs would be Ain't That Peculiar (I know it's a cover but the drumming on that *Phew*) and Methods of Dance.

[MoodyB]

Too many to pick from!
What I want to know is how he does those backwards rhythms...Not to mention his time structures, if anyone else used them, I don't think they'd work!

As I'm not a musician, most of that comment was lost on me , I think I'd need to have more than one drumming session with Steve so I could understand properly

Fave songs would be Ain't That Peculiar (I know it's a cover but the drumming on that *Phew*) and Methods of Dance.

Sorry!
I wasn't trying to be a muso here!
But I will say that Ain't that Peculiar is a great early example of what I was talking about in my previous post...

[Bridget]

Ain't that peculiar is an absolute favorite of mine too.

I have been listening to GTP for 2 months now and nothing else, just can't get enough of Steve's fabulous drumming.

And I also love his drumming on the Rain Tree Crow album.

I have always loved to learn how to drum, but Steve actually made me do it by listening to how he plays the drums.
I don't care if I'm gonna be a crap drummer all my life, it's just the best decision I've made

[krausy]

Sons Of Pioneers

Ditto that!!!!!

[Lady Arcadia]

Probably wouldn't be the best drum student that Steve could have, but would definitely pick Art of Parties, - I love the rolling effect in Steve's drumming. Would definitely take up a singing lesson from David though... heck, who am I kinding, would probably spend most of the time chasing him around the room!

[arieleleven]

Pulling Punches, The Art of Parties, Methods of Dance, Canton, Sons of Pioneers and Visions of China....those are the ones I can think of right now at least.

I expect that I too would require extra attention due to trouble concentrating on the task at hand, lol!

xxx