I spoke to Steve Gadd earlier tonight...

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:19 am

He did a drum clinic at a local highschool, and it was quite awesome. He even played the pattern from 50 Ways to leave your Lover (for you Songfight folks, that's MC Frontalot's Yellow Lasers).

During the Q&A part, I got up and asked him about micing techniques and stuff and he basically said 'I don't mess with that stuff, I just play.'

Fair enough.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:12 am

That's way cool. Good at you for going down to his clinic. I used to get all tripped up to see him in the 70s. I can't count how many shows, with Chick Corea, Eddie Gomaz, Steve Kahn, Jaco, etc. He must be pretty mellow now.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:58 am

I LOVE drum clinics. That had to be a real pleasure... lucky bastard.

jack · Post by **jack** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:13 am

dude, steve gadd is the shit.

he is one of the pioneers of playing with 2 drumsticks in each hand. his work on steely dan's aja album is some of the greatest drumming of all time on a rock and roll album. and i remember watching that televised concert of simon and garfunkle live in central park like 20 years ago or so, and he was playing with 4 sticks, and i was blown away.

easily, in my opinion, one of the greatest session drummers of all time.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:26 am

jack shite wrote:dude, steve gadd is the shit.

he is one of the pioneers of playing with 2 drumsticks in each hand.

What? I have to find footage of this....cool!

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:32 am

that's the moeller technique.. it's a vibraphone thing Gadd borrowed for drumkit... he is deadly. I love his work with Weckl on Weckl's tune, MAsterplan (written by chick corea) where Gadd and weckl groove together and trade solos.

Gadd is a fuckin genius.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:09 pm

Leaf wrote:that's the moeller technique.. it's a vibraphone thing Gadd borrowed for drumkit... he is deadly.

Of course the cool vibes player uses 6 mallets.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:37 pm

roymond wrote:
Leaf wrote:that's the moeller technique.. it's a vibraphone thing Gadd borrowed for drumkit... he is deadly.
Of course the cool vibes player uses 6 mallets.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:10 pm

I failed to mention the tail end of my exchange with Steve:

When I asked him about micing techniques, he said he pretty much left that up to the engineer. My reply was "As well you should, Steve."

He laughed, as did the audience.

Also, he did the 4 drumstick thing.

I've got 50WTLYL down on drums now. This is a relative term, of course.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:21 pm

The Sober Irishman wrote:I've got 50WTLYL down on drums now. This is a relative term, of course.

Let's hear it.

MalachiConstant · Post by **MalachiConstant** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:13 pm

Leaf wrote:...Weckl on Weckl's tune, MAsterplan (written by chick corea) ...

Man, I saw the Chick Corea Elektric Band with Dave Weckl a long time ago. I was right up front about two feet from Weckl. I don't normally listen to that kind of music, but seeing it live and especially seeing a drummer like that just blew me away. One of the few drummers who I just want to watch for the whole concert.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:29 pm

I love that guy.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:15 am

Ed Soph was there, but he didn't get up and play or anything :(

Man do I love those Yamaha kicks.