tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post7720370253242502228..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: PerformanceBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-87905526391778395502009-12-19T10:53:23.095-08:002009-12-19T10:53:23.095-08:00Natasha was a spoken-word performance artist. Basi...Natasha was a spoken-word performance artist. Basically dramatic poetry readings or storytelling with minimal props. Then she got the idea of having some music around while she did that. Things snowballed from there :). <br /><br />Rock drummers: The only famous rock drummer that I can think of who *might* have been able to play in a jazz setting would have been Keith Moon, who, alas, is not with us anymore. Moon didn't have to keep time (Pete Townshend took care of that) so he was free to do basically jazz riffs on the drum. The modern rock drummer's job is to keep time and make some racket, which doesn't work so well when you're in a setting where time changes are common and making racket is not the point.<br /><br />Listen to Steve Shelley's work for Sonic Youth, Cat Power, Thurston Moore, Two Dollar Guitar, etc. for an idea of what a good modern rock drummer does. His job is to keep out of the way of the guitarist and vocalist while keeping them on time and adding some noise to fill in the spaces between the notes. He's basically a human metronome, a biological drum machine. I like Steve Shelley's work, he's a hard working drummer who does what he does very well, but I doubt he would be comfortable or useful in a jazz setting. That just isn't what he does.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-61093920959497494122009-12-18T20:50:19.335-08:002009-12-18T20:50:19.335-08:00Hmmm - Isn't all singing performance art? Exc...Hmmm - Isn't all singing performance art? Except for in the shower, I mean.<br /><br />I like this. Natasha has an interesting voice, and good vocal control, at least from a trombonist's perspective. <br /><br />I like the drumming, too. But it says something damning about modern drummery if merely get it right is cause for comment.<br /><br />I don't know the first thing about drumming. But I've seen rock drummers try to play in a jazz setting, and they are clueless and befuddled - they just can't do it. Very puzzling.<br /><br />I played Sibelius tonight and will be doing Kenton on Monday.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB the playing a lot these days trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.com