On playing the drum kit (2003)
Simon describes his technique as eccentric. This is self-taught and depends on the conviction that you know what it is you are doing and where you are going with the rhythm. The key is that you make it up as you go along, yet you do not tell yourself this when you are playing. Believe in the former while undertaking the latter…I try to be instinctive and listen to what is going on around me…I am trying to find a perfect stroke…listening for sound…finding both weight and subtlety.
Simon describes his technique as eccentric. This is self-taught and depends on the conviction that you know what it is you are doing and where you are going with the rhythm. The key is that you make it up as you go along, yet you do not tell yourself this when you are playing. Believe in the former while undertaking the latter…I try to be instinctive and listen to what is going on around me…I am trying to find a perfect stroke…listening for sound…finding both weight and subtlety.
Meeting DM (Dave Mattacks) following a Feast of Fiddles gig at Lowdham Village Hall (Nottinghamshire)…