Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Richwas an American jazz drummer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth30 September 1917
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
jobs opportunity practice
So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.
opportunity practice wells
Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
night thinking play
I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.
play request ifs
If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
real player thinking
And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.
creativity thinking play
Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.
music play how-you-feel
I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
thinking years symphony
To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
two type good-and-bad
There are only two types of music.good and bad.
bores
No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.
music school one-time
As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.
thinking play mind
I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.
inspiration winning thinking
I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.
years style individual
There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.