I really enjoyed that. And I've seen, read, or heard so many interviews with Simon, but this was next level <3

Steve Holmes wrote:Some photos of the before and after
https://photos.app.goo.gl/M8A68YgMpMJTH1km6

NICE!

Kurtis wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK538367pt4&list=RDiK538367pt4&start_radio=1

killer playing

Anika Nilles did a fantastic job on the studio version, too!

To Morgenthaler- Given that two of the credited producers (Nisan Stewart and Timbaland) are known to use drum programming and that the album’s style leans heavily on production, many sources (implicitly) treat the rhythm on tracks as produced/programmed rather than by a live drummer. (For example ...

Hey, do any of you happen to know who played drums on the ballad 'Complain' by Tweet, off her 2002 album, 'Southern Hummingbird'? Wikipedia lists every other musician on the album.

I've always had a soft spot for it. The drums and the cross stick sound very Ricky Lawson'ish, as does some of the ...

^ WTF

I dig the no-nonsense playing of Tyrone Hendrix here. And the Two Princess-esque snare sound.
Add the keyboard player going full Michael McDonald on the choir front, and you have a decent cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1tZVL8FFIo

^ That's a pretty cool place he's got

I caught up with Virgil, who was passing through Copenhagen today.

It had been a while since we had spent time together other than in a ton of Zoom/Facetime/what-have-you meetings, so it was good to see him IRL.
Still getting it done, every day. Writing and doing pre-production for his next solo ...

I've always loved this bouncy groove by Gregg on my favorite Steve Vai album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHc2-5A1vXs