And the most extreme form of physical release in music is percussion and dance, and if you get comfortable with that, then as you develop…. But if you can learn that on drums, to focus only on rhythm and phrasing and accent, then that's I think the centre of any musical language.īefore you sort of learn bad habits, if you like, play along with great rhythms, and enjoy rhythm, because there is something to do with just letting go, I think. Because I hear a lot of musicians trained up to the eyeballs who haven't got the feel right, particularly the English players when they're trying to get laidback and it doesn't quite sit. And I still think that's the best way for any musician to start, because if you can get drums right, you get feel. What instrument did you first learn to play?ĭrums. But we began with some instrumental memories. We covered the creation of Real World, his attitude to songs and composition, the importance of food when recording world music, and more. Up in his office in the admin block at Real World, surrounded by bookshelves, boxes, tapes, paintings, some ethnic drums, and a great long table cleared for work, we set out on a wide-ranging conversation.
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Passion, his accompanying soundtrack album to Martin Scorsese's movie The Last Temptation Of Christ, had just appeared, and his most recent solo album at the time was So, released three years earlier. I interviewed Peter Gabriel in summer 1989 at his Real World studio at the old Box Mill near Bath in south-west England. For previous installments, take a look at Tony's interviews with Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, and Tina Weymouth. Editor's note: This post is part of a series of unpublished interviews from the personal research archive of noted guitar writer Tony Bacon.