John Blackwell Video

[Suspiria]

Ahh, that clears things up. I will certainly contact them. Have you signed up for any master classes?

[Klemme]

Yeah, that's the Blackwell I know! [img]smile.gif[/img]


Everlasting Now, Great Track.

That Disco/funk'ish thing he's playing... so tasty. i've tried through the years to emulate that groove, and it's just so hard to make Comfortable, it's really His own unique groove! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

[Flarobstix]

Am I the only one who noticed that right after his flashy cross over cymbal thing, the time got completely lost?

He has a nice groove, but I've seen JB turn the beat around, and get lost too many times to consider him a top notch pro. He sure does look fancy though!

I'm sure he doesn't pull anything fancy with Prince. Whenever he does though, it seems more often than not, the downbeat is wherever he feels like putting it.

[Suspiria]

That's true Flarob. There's 1-2 parts where the time suffers as a result of John trying to be flashy. It's only a minor change, but noticeable to the trained ear I guess. Other than that, he really has his stick twirling down and his performance is certainly very pleasing visually. That counts too, especially when he's playing big arenas with Prince.