Extract from the interview released by Joey Baron on 11/16/2009 The full interview was broadcast Sunday, November 22,
radio Sunday during the appointment with " @ Angels Demons .
Joey, if I were giving advice to a guy who is about to start playing drums, what would you say?
"I would say: find a teacher who gives you the basic rudiments of the instrument. Everything else depends on you, because nobody can teach you to play and have a relationship with the music. You just go out and play . At whatever level you are, no matter who asks you to play, always answer yes. You learn from every experience. Music is an art that relies on making a living with others. Not learn anything standing in a classroom or reading books on music theory. You will learn more and only playing, and with more good people than with people less clever than you.
Again, my suggestion is this: always say yes.
and distance itself from those who tell you how you should play because, at best, can only teach you to become the bad copy of someone else, wasting his and your time. No one is really interested to hear two or more people playing the same way, although many are convinced of the contrary. It is better to experience the hard way. Playing, listening to others, especially listening to yourself. Total salary as a musician: this will teach you more than any course. If someone will say, play me a slow back beat and you do not know what the hell it will give you to do and learn by practice. That's how I learned and I've gained my individuality as an artist. It is the basic process. Every musician studying the songs he loves and draws inspiration from them, but then must go his own way, without imitating any other, without becoming a clone of who knows whom. This risk is avoided playing with others, regardless of context: the cellar, the school gym, the wedding party or concert hall.
is how it takes shape your personal style, that makes you instantly recognizable. "
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