Tag Archives: Bill Bruford

Bill Bruford – Drummers Will Have to Think Quick

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKFNOTE: Forty-two years up the road it is perhaps hard for a large segment of the drumming world to truly understand the initial 1980s impact of the LinnDrum on that world. Suddenly one compact machine could keep perfect metronomic time, … Continue reading →

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Bruford – Happy to Be on MD Advisory Board

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: An early 1980s letter from Bill Bruford with what appears to be a good news/bad news message. Bruford starts out accepting Modern Drummer‘s offer to serve on its Advisory Board. He asks (tongue in cheek?) that, in exchange, … Continue reading →

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Bill Bruford: Saying ‘I’m a Drummer’ is a Dangerous Privilege (1982)

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This excerpt provides a look back at two views of the new LinnDrum which was brand new on the market in 1982, the year this Bill Bruford interview took place. Bill Bruford was familiar with the Linn from … Continue reading →

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Bill Bruford – Using Hybrid Acoustic Simmons Drumset with King Crimson

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I never met Bill Bruford in person. Our 1983 Modern Drummer interview was by phone. It was one of my rare MD interviews for which I wish I had been better prepared. Not that I was careless in … Continue reading →

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Bill Bruford Releases Definitive Box Set

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Scott K Fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYqNAYpSTqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ93Y0rgiGc SKF NOTE: Bill Bruford’s IQ must be way up there. When I interviewed him by phone during a King Crimson tour, I felt as if I was driving fast at night down a winding, mountain road. One slip … Continue reading →

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