4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Joe talks to Brooklyn drummer Kid Millions about prep. school, Oneida, Metal Machine Music, tuning drums with Brian Chase, and his solo percussion project, Man Forever.
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0:31.0 | This is Joe Wong. |
0:32.6 | Welcome to the Trap Set, |
0:35.0 | where each week we explore the lives of drummers. |
0:38.3 | I want to play something for you. You've got to look into the... |
0:41.3 | You're hearing the song Sheets of Easter by Oneida, a band that my guest Kid Millions has played in since 1997. |
0:56.7 | This song continues its meditative cycle for another 14 minutes. On record, it's a great track, |
1:03.5 | but live, it's a visceral, immersive, full-body experience. Kid Millions has a propulsive sense |
1:09.1 | of time, an incredible feel, and a tasteful balance of restraint and flash. |
1:13.6 | He's also known for his stamina. He's hosted 10-hour jam sessions at ATP festivals, |
1:19.6 | and composed pieces that require he and his collaborators to play a single-stroke role for 40 minutes. |
1:25.6 | Kids' adventurous and prolific output, both as a supporting player and as a solo artist, |
1:32.3 | has cemented his place as one of the most respected drummers on the Brooklyn rock scene. |
1:37.3 | I got to know Kid when I joined him as a touring member of his solo project, Man Forever. |
1:42.3 | The two of us traveled from city to city and his family's Subaru. |
1:46.7 | He introduced me to great new friends. |
1:48.6 | We sought out the best food each town had to offer, and we shared many engaging, meaningful |
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