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Chad Smith Quotes
Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isnt too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head. - Chad Smith Quotes
Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that. - Chad Smith Quotes
Flea got into rock later on in life, came up in jazz as a jazz trumpet player, and then got into punk rock, playing in Fear and stuff like that. - Chad Smith Quotes
For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes. - Chad Smith Quotes
I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player. - Chad Smith Quotes
I met the guys through a friend of a friend, and their former drummer had quit. I wasnt too familiar with the Chili Peppers before that, so I joined at the end of 88 and we finished recording Mothers Milk at the end of 89, next thing I know Im in Spin with a sock. - Chad Smith Quotes
I took a private lesson, but it didnt really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. Thats really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. - Chad Smith Quotes
I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and thats where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school. - Chad Smith Quotes
Its very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, cause sometimes youll forget, you know, what was that thing again? So we record everything. - Chad Smith Quotes
Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner. - Chad Smith Quotes
Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination. - Chad Smith Quotes
Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together. - Chad Smith Quotes
We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Fleas garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians. - Chad Smith Quotes
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