Not had a bout of insomnia for a while. But I’m definitely having one tonight! Shouldn’t be, as I’m utterly exhausted. For one thing I was working on an oak tabletop for Hannah today, using wood (from Simon and Claire’s recent kitchen refurb) that required lots of scraping and sanding (and I didn’t have access to power tools!).
Anyhoo…
I can’t be sure quite where I started, but I went down a musical rabbit hole, possibly beginning with Cortex’s Troupeau Bleu album. That lead me to Troc’s Kali Lo, a track I absolutely adore. Andre Ceccarelli drums on it, and his drumming is my idea of musical perfection.
Much later I found the above Ceccarelli drum solo, from a jazz gig with singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The freedom and intensity of his playing put me in mind of another French Drummer, Magma’s Christian Vander.
And that lead me to the video at the top of this post. I’ve watched it before. But every time I see it, I’m astounded. His ‘in the moment’ commitment, and technique – but technique at the service of expression – are sooo intense.
These guys have – insomnia jokes aside – awoken me from a drumming trance, I think (or is that hope?). I need to stop being an equivocating pansy, man up, and go fully mental! Is this an epiphany? I do hope so!