Monday, August 01, 2005

Back in the Dam: Drummer cloning technologies

I've been back at work in Amsterdam for about 3 days now, and the feet are already itchy. It's pretty tough being back at work. I actually have to do large jobs with direction. I'm still unpacking all the contacts and networks that I made when away at conferences, so I'm still a little scattered.

Maybe in an attempt to achieve some sort of rhythm, I seem to have been choosing a lot of soundgarden on my iPod of late. After seeing Audioslave at T in the Park - I think I've been sub-consciously revisiting Chris Cornell.

I wanted to make up a tour T-Shirt which listed the Audioslave dates and at the top said "Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine Tour 2005", but I've realised this is frivolous.



What would make more difference to the world as a whole is the new campaign that I'm considering.

I forgot how good Matt Cameron is. While Pearl Jam are my favourite band, and they deserve to have the best drummer in the world, Soundgarden was such wonderfully rhythmic music that I think they should still exist. So my line of thinking was that Matt Cameron should be cloned for the good of music as a whole.



Then I realised. Why settle with a mere two Matt Cameron's. His drumming style is almost perfect to do as close a job as possible to filling John Bonham's drum stool. So Led Zeppelin should be re-formed with Matt Cameron taking drumming duties. I suspect from listening to Matt Cameron's drumming style that Led Zep have been a big influence on him at some point in his life, so he shouldn't mind, and probably realises it's for the best.

Is it possible that my brain is running away from itself as a result of being back in an empty office(Everyone is on holiday), either that or I have solved all transients in musical style and progression through the technology of drummer cloning - who knows.

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