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Roger Norway - 3/16/2010 12:02:37 PM
Your upcoming work with Wakeman, Anderson and Rabin (if the rumors are correct, and I hope and pray...) makes me think of an interview you did with Classic Rock Prog Edition in June 2009:

'If I wanted to make money tomorrow, I'd call Robert Fripp and we'd do the album Red all the way from fro...

mikepaschall - 3/16/2010 11:35:23 AM
Bill:
Do you feel you played (play)at all like Bill Stewart ?!
I see some similarities and he swings his ass off with amazing phrases.
I have everything he recorded and I am interested in-
What is your favorite Bill Stewart recording??
Mine is Scofield LIVE "ENROUTE" !! (Over Big TOP!...

Roger Norway - 3/16/2010 3:02:55 AM
I have also heard about the Anderson, Wakeman, Rabin project. Couldn't believe my eyes when I read you were participating too. Hope it is true, and that you can be a creative force behind the project. Some spice need to be added, or it can turn out too sweet.

Bill Rosenblatt - 3/15/2010 9:29:32 AM
Bill,

I've been a fan of yours for decades, starting with the UK concert at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia when I was in high school. I was a DJ and program director at a couple of different college radio stations and did two of the dreaded "phoners" with you: one in the early 80s with Crims...

Brian - 3/14/2010 3:36:17 PM
hi, i love the rototom sound on UK and One of a kind. How did you get them to sound like that? Were there some sonic or physical adjustments made?

Collin - 3/14/2010 8:31:50 AM
Yo Bill!! You are definitely the BEST drummer by far(that is what my ears tell me) and it would be stellar to see you get back with Fripp, Levin, and Belew for a King Crimson reunion. KC 81-84.....THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!

Colin - 3/13/2010 2:47:02 PM
I can't believe I'm reading that your a shoe in for the Anderson Wakeman Rabin thing (If that happens).

How do these things start?

Jon Godfrey - 3/12/2010 4:10:02 PM
Dear Bill; thank you for taking the time to answer my question, many thanks!

PS: I heard there's going to a Savoy Brown reunion of the 1968 line-up. I know that you've hinted at retirement, mentioning it in numerous interviews and even dedicating a few lines to the possibility of doing so in...

Don Rogers - 3/12/2010 1:09:12 PM
Hi Bill,

Recently Rick Wakeman said he was going to do an album with Trevor Rabin "and a couple of other ex-members of Yes who will remain nameless". There's speculation about who might play drums. I know you're "retired", but care to comment? :-)

Thanks!
Don

Chris Boccalupo - 3/12/2010 11:55:06 AM
Hello Bill,

Rumors are running wild over at Yesfans about a possible union of Anderson/ Rabin/ Wakeman for some sort of project based on Wakeman's comments about a project between him and Rabin and a few other Yes members.

Now Classic Rock mag has mentioned your name in the rumor. DO ...

alexa699 - 3/11/2010 12:23:02 AM
Very nice site!

Shirley - 3/4/2010 2:37:35 PM
Hi Bill
I posted a visual discography of your work on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YERX_IBHp8&feature=channel

Thank you for all of it and may you find musical piece of mind :-)

regards
Shirley

soma - 3/2/2010 11:00:45 AM
how r u, spring is cooming! good post there, tnx for www.billbruford.com

Martin Geoffroy - 2/22/2010 6:39:06 PM
Hi Bill

I read your biography last summer and enjoyed it very much. As a sociologist, it was interesting for me to get the musician point of view on music. Reading this book for me was like going through a lifetime of musical adventure with Yes, Earthworks, King Crimson and Moraz-Bruford. I w...

wm.j.pemberton - 2/20/2010 3:10:14 PM
i forgot to mention in my last commentary something amazing i experienced at a concert many years ago...i was at Summerjam '77 @ what was then called Royals Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri USA...The acts on the bill were (in the order they appeared) Little River Band,Climax Blues Band,Head East,Bl...

wm.j.pemberton - 2/19/2010 6:06:56 PM
i am reading your autobiography and i ALREADY think it should be REQUIRED reading by anyone interested in becoming a musician at ANY level , but especially the professional
level. I wish it would've been available when i was a teen - a lot of BS and heartache might've been avoided . lots of good ...

Dale - 2/15/2010 5:28:56 AM
Dear Bill.
First of all I'd like to thank you for your time. I do not know if you are able to help me with my post. If not, that is fine and understood. My position is a full time drum and percussion educator. As such I have access to other teachers, but would like your view.

I have a part...

Tony Foley - 2/15/2010 2:02:51 AM
Hi Bill,

The recent posting of your interview with Chris Salewicz is timely as I’ve just finished his superb biog on Joe Strummer, Redemption Song. Although not a die hard Clash fan, I found it a remarkable study of a musician destroyed by the usual ‘diversions’ of record company pressures, ...

Cameron Devlin - 2/13/2010 5:56:09 PM
To Jon Godfrey,

Make no mistake, I agree with you almost entirely - this push into digital distribution is yet another example of a disturbing trend whereby the consumer no longer owns anything, but simply buys a license to use it - Amazon's Kindle, the iTunes store, Valve's "Steam" game dist...

Jon Godfrey - 2/12/2010 3:33:34 PM
To Cameron,

Glad to hear you made it to see Jarrett in London and Paris, they musy have been absolutely electrifying performances.

I adore 'Testament' so much, I sleep with it under my pillow! I hope to se Jarrett play one day.

Jon Godfrey - 2/12/2010 11:10:48 AM
To Cameron Devlin,

Thank you but I am already aware that all the ProjeKct One performances are available for download at DGMLive. However, I do not enjoy this DIY approach.

I have obtained the Dec 1 and Dec 2 shows and really enjoyed all I have heard. However, I find downloading file...

Cameron Devlin - 2/7/2010 6:50:08 PM
To Jon Godfrey,

No doubt I won't be the only one to say this, but all 4 nights from the Jazz Cafe are available at DGMLive.com. You can download them in both MP3 and FLAC format - the latter is a CD quality lossless format, and it comes with printable artwork so the only thing different from ...

Matt Johnson - 1/31/2010 11:58:17 AM
Bill, I am as I write this enjoying your book immensely and have recommended it to everyone remotely interested in not only drumming but the music industry as a whole. Your book is opening my eyes to a brutally honest look at a vocation I always wanted for myself, but am now finding that perhaps I ...

Jon Godfrey - 1/31/2010 10:08:07 AM
Dear Bill,

I writing to ask if Summerfold, either alone or with assistance from Discipline Global Mobile, could release the ProjeKct One concerts on CD?

May I recommend Keith Jarrett's new release, 'Testament'?

Thank you for the musical inspiration, records, concerts (Bruford-Bo...

Pharme396 - 1/30/2010 2:12:26 PM
Very nice site!

Jesse - 1/27/2010 5:54:30 PM
Greetings, Bill!

One of my favorite aspects of your musical legacy is your outstanding work from a composition standpoint. The music on the 'Bruford' studio albums are some of my favorite compositions in the fusion idiom, or even in the over-arching pop world. As a professional drummer, I lea...

Jim Cumbie - 1/27/2010 1:18:13 PM
Hey Bill,

I hope retirement continues to treat you well.

Looking back at the long list of great musicians you played with, I think the most surprising is Chris Botti. When people buy his smooth-jazz albums, I don't think they're expecting to hear anything like "Picnic on Vesuvius"! S...

Lorenzodrama - 1/21/2010 1:10:43 PM
Ciao Bill,this forum made my day,really happy to be here by your virtual side...

snare = Bruford!

all the best from Italy!

Kevin Morrissey - 1/20/2010 4:23:34 PM
Hi Bill,

Thank you for the honor you extended me, of posting the Casals image on your site. Please accept my apology for all my subsequent "verbosity"; anonymity often has its advantages.

But mainly I wanted to commend you and DrumWright for the work you're doing for Tong-Len. Beli...

Mr. S - 1/17/2010 6:47:06 AM
As a teenage Yes fan, I investigated Feels Good To Me, which led me into the whole world of Jazz. Would love you to do another album with Holdsworth (and Stewart). I hope, by now, you've heard Topographic Oceans ... like Union, once you exorcise the musical politics, it's actually not bad music at...

Paul Humphries - 1/16/2010 1:15:29 PM
Hi Bill
You where the first Drummer that got me well and trully hooked on Drums when my late father took me too see you play with Yes at the Marquee many moons ago the last time I saw you with Yes was at Wembley during the UNION Tour.
Ive recently taken up the drums again but more seriously t...

Nav Jhaj - 1/4/2010 8:13:43 AM
Regarding this new (to me) percussion record, called "One". Sounds interesting, will definitely pick it up. A minor quibble, though, with the following assertion from the review provided at the link:

"Our jaded Western drumset rhythms would probably have fossilised some years back if it hadn...

James Donegan - 1/1/2010 11:45:30 PM
Thank you and Happy New Year! Thank you Bill, for your many generous responses to my questions throughout 2009 and always. I have been relocated to Saudi Arabia from Wall Street, NYC and can say the music scene here is less than vibrant, however, some of the rythyms you hear in elevators require som...

SkaaDee - 12/25/2009 4:50:35 PM
Mister Bruford

You may hang sticks over a mantle
with a list of dates that march
through a list of styles that spear
a list of talents

but at this point, a tacit
is what to expect.

I know,
the kit sits in the basement.

You set it up, muscles feel tingly

Nav Jhaj - 12/23/2009 8:18:40 PM
A brief blockbuster movie review: "Avatar" ---Look, up in the sky: Mountains--- what are they doing? Why, they "Stand There", duh!


So, yeah, just saw *Avatar*, and I'm thinking James Cameron (the director/writer/creator) probably spent hours just endlessly staring at the gatefold sleev...

Ray - 12/23/2009 11:50:43 AM
All the best in 2010:happiness,health,joy and wonderful Christmas!

Shirley - 12/23/2009 6:31:52 AM
Hi Bill
Just to wish you a very Happy Christmas and to wish that all your hopes and dreams are fulfilled in 2010. Thank you for Skin and Wire and for sharing your adventures with us in your autobiography:-)
Shirley

Richard Deem - 12/23/2009 4:01:13 AM
Hi Bill,
What decade was the most fun for you to play in King Crimson. 70's 80's or 90's ? After all, Music is supposed to fun , isn't it ?

Best to you,
Rich

Billy Middlemiss - 12/19/2009 7:31:28 AM
Bill, it should seem that I've met plenty of individuals with the same or similar variations of their first name....e.g. my name is Bill, your name is Bill, his name is Bill, etc....and yet there seems to be many similarities among the dispositions of individuals with same first names, especially wh...

Rick Stockton - 12/18/2009 7:07:08 PM

Hi Bill,

Regarding my previous entry on 10/19/09(?)- I just wanted to emphasize that I thought your snare (and everything else - including your gracious wit) was very much up to scratch and, well, way above that too. It was your movement of rhythm and the timbre of your sound and natural ...

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