Tag Archives: Ed Soph

Ed Soph Interview: The Instrument is Neutral (1985)

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I’ve posted on this blog published and unpublished parts from this 1985 interview with Ed Soph. As I said in one post of interviewing Ed Soph twice: Ed was smart, funny, curious, methodical. He was a wonderful person to interview. No … Continue reading →

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Dave Weckl Newly Released Interview 1983 Pt. 4

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is the fourth and final installment of the complete transcript of my 1983 interview with Dave Weckl for Modern Drummer. MD published a much shorter version of this interview in April 1984 as an Up and Coming profile of Dave Weckl, which still holds up … Continue reading →

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Ed Soph: You’ve Got to Rely on the Time in Yourself

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Ed Soph‘s thoughts here on big band vs small band drumming are from my undated interview transcript published as a feature Modern Drummer interview in the 1979 January/February interview. The circumstances of this interview are posted here. I … Continue reading →

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Ed Soph: The Tale of the ‘One-Arm’ Drummer

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Ed Soph and I have reconnected by email — about which I am very happy. Ed is a great guy, marvelous drum teacher, a student of drum history, and a thinker. Plus, he was fun to interview the … Continue reading →

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Knowing What Kind of Man Composed the Music

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Years ago I read a story of Confucius studying music. The story is at the end of this blog entry. (As I write I cannot recall either the book author or title. I will update this blog post when … Continue reading →

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