Kenny Aronoff clinic in my hometown...should I go ?

[benrand]

Is that guy Bernard Purdie? What a first post, bigoted as all hell.

[Flarobstix]

I think Richard suffers from Paraflam disease. Sorry my man! I had to! I love ya though! HAHAHA......

Okay, another example of many I've been talking about on this board that axed down,yet are 100% true.
Kenny Aronoff is great drummer. Period. Of course he's going to sound like shit playing big band jazz. Are you kidding me? Come on. That's not even close to being his element. I'm sure they paid him a lot of money and he just felt honored to be a part of it. Like, Will Calhoun, Neil Peart, and the many other rock greats who can't swing a big band. So cut the guy some slack.
Second, nailing the click is not the goal my friend. Kenny plays on a TON of albums. A TON! Because he has a great feel. Flamming creates that. In my opinion anyone who buries the click all the time, can be replaced by a machine. no one does. Vinnie doesn't, Shawn Pelton doesn't, Gadd doesn't. Yes...THEY CAN, but more often than not chose not to. It's not the best feeling approach.
Kenny works as much as he does because he's a KILLER rock drummer with a beautiful loose feel. I saw clinic of his in 1991 that was a mess as well, but he went on after Jonathan Mover, and Jonathan was playing all this Vinnie esque shit, and Kenny took choppy approach. He can't do that well.
But...he rocks. And he's a great source of info. More so in my opinion than a Thomas Lang or Virgil. Because Kenny can tell you about music and the industry of music. Not 5 over 4 ostinatos and double bass, which people who really play music in the mainstream pop/rock world stay away from like the plague. Mainly because most of those brilliant drummers who practice all the time, can't make a track breath the way Kenny can. A rock/pop track.
Go see the clinic. And let us know. I'm curious what he's like 14 years later.

[Flarobstix]

Oh and..man...if you can groove as hard as Bonnie Raitt(who's drummer is Ricky Fatar) or John Fogerty or any of the great rockers you mentioned, I'll cut off my left testicle. HAHA! Anyone who disses those artists doesn't know what a nice rock groove is.
Don't forget he also played on tracks by Michelle Branch, Smashing Pumkins, and Celine Dion. There quite a few albums I have where Vinnie and Kenny are both on the album.

[mjolson]

Wow! I don't post here often either, but I can't believe I'm reading that kind of crap on this forum.

It seems to me that someone who's first post is a long rant trashing a well respected musician is better of on another forum. I'll give you a hint, it starts with "P". You'll fit in well there...

[tnsolt]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Drum Richard:
and to top it all off he bobbed around while he was playing like an ugly swinging rubber dildo just looking like an idiot.

in all the times i've seen kenny play, that was by far the most accurate way to describe his head motion. espically after he shaved it bald.

[drumgod1]

I saw his clinic the last time he was here (a couple of years ago) and I plan on seeing his clinic when he comes to town in June. Kenny works A LOT for a reason, either being that he can play or is a helluva nice guy who gives the artist what they want. He's a classicly trained percussionist from the University of Indiana, but he decide to make playing drumset his living. It seems to have worked out fine. He has recorded a ton of drum parts which I find very interesting. He could have played them like a typical 2 + 4 drummer would, but he decided to do something a little different. I don't think he's necessarily an all around guy like Vinnie or Gregg Bissonette, but I think he gets called to do what he does best and is excelling in it.

Just my two cents.

Mike

[FlamTriplet]

Kenny is a really horrible drummer. That's why he is on hundreds of albums.

Duhhh....

[Mazzhole]

Wow.. That was great reading.. go see Kenny Aronoff and formulate your own feelings. Bring your earplugs too!! I saw him a while ago. i would go again.

[Cameron_Mahoney]

Wow, I'm glad my first post wasn't that one. [img]confused.gif[/img]

[ab0u910e]

Yes