Erskine website update

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July 24th, 2004, 07:33 PM
erskoman

Hey gang ... greetings from Woodinville, Washington (just outside of Seattle); finishing up this first leg of the Diana Krall tour of the USA (been out touring Europe, Canada and the US since March!) ... had some free time this morning to update the "What's New" page of my website.

A couple of items of interest, especially for LA-area HOD'ers ... my quartet will be playing a concert on Saturday, August 7 in Hollywood. Please visit

http://petererskine.com

for details!

Many thanks, and all the best,
Peter Erskine
a/k/a "erskoman"
July 24th, 2004, 11:12 PM
PocketPlayer

Thanks Peter. Looking forward to the gig in August!

How has the tour gone? In a nutshell, what has been rewarding and challenging on this gig?
July 26th, 2004, 01:15 PM
erskoman

Good morning!

1. Just in case some of you might not have noticed, there is a FREE CD contest going on at my site (on the "What's New" page) ...

2. Rewards and Challenges of touring with Diana Krall?

Rewards: The band is great, she's terrific, the crew is excellent, and the audiences have been a pleasure to play for ...

Challenges: More time away from home than I would prefer at this point ... I guess that would have to be the biggest challenge. Also, there are specific requirements that go along with accompanying a vocalist ... it's different from purely instrumental music ... but I guess it's like any other mind of music, in that the bottom line is (when all is said and done): it has to sound good.

I just wrote an article for RHYTHM Magazine about this very topic, it should appear in print fairly soon ...

Meanwhile ... back to the website contest: can you identify the person playing the cowbell???

All the best,
PE
July 26th, 2004, 06:14 PM
mja61

Steve Smith.

LOL about "Portnoy's Father"!! :-)

[ July 26, 2004 03:15 PM: Message edited by: mja61 ]
July 26th, 2004, 06:26 PM
MSCearly

the guy playing the cowbell bears an uncanny resemblance to phil keaggy [img]smile.gif[/img]
July 26th, 2004, 06:31 PM
FuseU1

Ringo...lost his razor that month... [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[LOL - "Portnoy's Pop"]
July 26th, 2004, 07:01 PM
drumgod1

Quote:

Originally posted by WebDeco:
http://petererskine.com/PeterRecording.jpg

Boys, I've gotta fever. And the only prescription is more COWBELL!
July 26th, 2004, 07:14 PM
peter c

www.thediametrixletter.com/cowbell.wmv

[img]cool.gif[/img]
July 26th, 2004, 07:36 PM
FuseU1

...[In your best "Christopher Walken" voice, drumgod1. [img]wink.gif[/img] ]

Contrary to popular rumor, it is NOT Will Ferrell ["hip-huggered," navel-exposed] in the pic... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ July 26, 2004 04:38 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]
July 27th, 2004, 03:14 AM
WebDeco

http://petererskine.com/PeterRecording.jpg

Mike Portnoy's Father?

[img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Heh... then again maybe Zack's father?

Joe Testa before he cut his hair?

[ July 26, 2004 12:15 PM: Message edited by: WebDeco ]
July 27th, 2004, 03:31 AM
benrand

I know who that is...it's Presidential Candidate Senator John Kerry.
July 27th, 2004, 04:20 PM
erskoman

Multiple entries are encouraged and allowed!

Clue: year = 1972
I was still in college ... 17 years old; this was my first recording session in a multitrack studio (8 tracks!); the album was never finished or released (but it was pretty cool, as I recall)... ah, youth!

By the way ... that is NOT Ringo Starr playing the cowbell.

Good luck ... I think I'll wrap up the contest by the end of Friday or so.

Peter
July 27th, 2004, 04:31 PM
FuseU1

OK...Geo Harrison! [I was j/k about Ringo, it just kind of favored him if only slightly] [img]wink.gif[/img]

OK, no, my guess[es] would be either Zawinul, Conte, Manolo Badrenas, Tito P, or Paulinho...warm yet?

[ July 27, 2004 01:40 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]
July 27th, 2004, 04:38 PM
Randy walker

Fuse............the answer would be........no
July 27th, 2004, 04:41 PM
Dazzler

He looks a bit like you Peter! Is it your brother?!?!

[img]confused.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]
July 27th, 2004, 04:42 PM
FuseU1

Sonny Bono...
U2's Bono...
[img]tongue.gif[/img] [j/k]

I'll be darned...it almost looks like a double-exposure of Ersko himself [w/o the specs]!

[ July 27, 2004 01:43 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]
July 27th, 2004, 05:34 PM
WebDeco

Zzzzzzzaaaappa
July 27th, 2004, 05:34 PM
likedachuch

hello Peter,

thanks for the contest. my answer would be:
STEVE GADD?
July 27th, 2004, 05:42 PM
FuseU1

Hair's not frizzy enough... [img]cool.gif[/img]

Uh, I suppose we should take all this to Ersk . com... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
July 27th, 2004, 09:09 PM
likedachuch

DUH! it's none other than YOURS TRULY! ahem...PETER ERSKINE!
July 27th, 2004, 09:33 PM
peter c

Pete,

Horacio.

[img]cool.gif[/img]
July 27th, 2004, 11:26 PM
likedachuch

well struck PETE! LOL!! (a no pun intended)
July 27th, 2004, 11:55 PM
shedder

is he even a drummer?
July 28th, 2004, 12:03 AM
erskoman

"is he even a drummer?"

... no.

:-)
July 28th, 2004, 01:02 AM
peter c

Your son?

[img]cool.gif[/img]
July 28th, 2004, 03:17 AM
Randy walker

Thanks for the updates Peter.
Maybe if you have time you can give a run down on the sizes of your current kit, cymbals and head choices for this tour? [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Nice contest BTW!
July 28th, 2004, 03:51 AM
beat Hit

Peter the Ersk... How many chances do we have? Can we re-try again a second, third?
July 28th, 2004, 05:00 AM
erskoman

"Your son?"

No ... I'm the kid playing the tambourine in the photo (I was 17 years old at the time); the cowbell player is a couple of years older than me ...

and it's not Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Steve Gadd, Steve Smith or any other drummer ...

but since this IS the House of Drumming, and since we are talking about drummers ... here's a
FINAL CLUE:

"Tony Williams"

Good luck! 2 correct answers already in, 3 more to go!!!
PE
July 28th, 2004, 12:32 PM
Clintuplet

Hi all.
Peter, is it your bandmate Alan Pasqua?

Clint

[ July 28, 2004 09:52 AM: Message edited by: Clintuplet ]
July 28th, 2004, 01:29 PM
erskoman

Clint's answer is the 5th correct one! Congratulations to Randy, Stef, Blake, Mark and Clint for playing and winning a free Fuzzy Music CD!

Please send me an email with your choice of CD and mailing address.

That was fun. Keep checking back at the site, I'll post some other groovy pix from the past ...

PE
July 28th, 2004, 02:00 PM
Randy walker

Thanks Peter [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
July 28th, 2004, 02:38 PM
blake1

All Right ! Thanks Peter.

Nice playing HERE -->

Video

[ July 28, 2004 12:15 PM: Message edited by: blake1 ]
July 28th, 2004, 02:58 PM
Nikk

One of the guys looks like walter becker.
July 28th, 2004, 03:35 PM
zmorton

Probably wrong but he seems to resemble Paul McCartney
July 29th, 2004, 03:20 AM
beat Hit

Thanks Peter... [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img] Can't wait for that CD...

[ July 31, 2004 10:24 PM: Message edited by: beat Hit ]
July 29th, 2004, 03:25 AM
Clintuplet

Nice!! Thanks a lot Peter!!
July 29th, 2004, 07:12 AM
PocketPlayer

Hey Peter
Just saw Matthew Von Doran tonight at the Baked Potato with the unexpectedly great Dave Owen on drums. WOW! This guy has a very music touch. Got his CD and found you on several tracks. Another surprise. Very nice stuff!

http://matthewvondoran.com
July 30th, 2004, 11:17 PM
Pocketime

Hey Erskoman, I was looking at some of the pictures on your website and I recognized that dormitory at IAA (Interlochen Arts Academy). I think that may be the same dorm I lived in when I was going to school there. PT.
July 31st, 2004, 02:55 AM
erskoman

PT ... far out ... I didn't know we had some fellow Interlochen Arts Academy alumni here in the House of Drumming; EXCELLENT. I went there from 1968 - 1971 ... what years did you attend the school? Any other IAA students at the HOD?

Wonderful place, isn't it?

Yes, that's me posing in front of what used to be known as either HU4 or HU5 ... now it's called "Hemingway" or something (someone!) ...

All the best,
PE

[ July 30, 2004 11:57 PM: Message edited by: erskoman ]
July 31st, 2004, 07:10 PM
Pocketime

I was at IAA 1976-1978. I did live in HU4. I played with Dave Sporny as a fill in for Greg Rockingham. My drum instructor was Jeryy Hartweg. PT.