28 questions answered by Gavin Harrison
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| What double kick exercises did/do you practice to obtain the speed and dexterity you show in tunes like Futile, Anesthetize and Mother and Child divided (live version more so)? |
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| What did you practice back in the day during your "intense practice" period? |
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| How do you handle the physical side of drumming? |
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| On the "Arriving Somewhere" DVD during "Hatesong" towards the end - you seem to stick your finger in your mouth and then slide over the drumhead of one of your tom? |
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| Can you describe your double bass technique? |
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| How often and long do you practice, and what does it consist of? |
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| You have great timing and groove... Do you have any advice how to develop that ? |
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| Are there any Porcupine Tree (or other) songs where you are deliberately playing ahead of / behind the beat? |
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| Which exercise would you recommend for double bass and feet in general? |
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| Can you give me some example of Porcupine Tree songs with Rhythmic Illusions? |
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| Do you have any special tricks for memorizing and playing long/complicated songs, such as "Anesthetize"? |
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| Do you have any favorite books you would recommend? |
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| How do you usually warm up before a gig? |
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| When I try and write odd time signature drum parts I get lost counting and lose it, any suggetsions? |
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| What is, in your opinion, the most effective strategy for developing good timing? |
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| Are there any sort of exercises you would do to improve your own sense of time or internal pulse? |
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| When you are playing live and you improvise, modulate or displace are you ALWAYS aware of the basic time signature(s) of the song you are playing or are you able to just FEEL where you are and jump in and out wherever and whenever you like? |
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| During the song 19 Days, around the middle of it, you started using the ride bell really clearly. Is that a good example of "overriding" ? |
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| What inspired you to do the little finger tapping on the snare head while you're doing cross sticking? |
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| When you first implemented German grip in your playing did you practice rudiments on a practice pad or just used it as much in your playing on the kit as much as possible? |
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| I was wondering if you sing subdivisions or a melody to stay locked within the groove? |
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| I read an article were you talk about an instructor that you had, he would have you hit coins with your sticks to control your sticking. Can you please explain? |
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| Are there advantages to learning to play with a right hand set up as well as a left handed set up? |
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| Did you ever partake in any sort of rudimental drumming/marching arts? |
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| Just on the first displacement exercises, does the syncopation become more natural with practice, so one would be able to displace any beat on the spot or will you always have to learn a new beat in displaced form from scratch each time? |
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