Right now, the tectonic plate of industrialization is crashing into the tectonic plate of the technological age.

And they somehow don't seem to be getting along very well. This is Joe Wong.

Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

I want to play something for you. You're hearing the drum lesson by Nerve, featuring my guest, Jojo Mayer on drums.

Jojo was born to a musical family in Zurich in 1963. At age 18, he joined the Monte

Alexander Group, effectively launching his professional

career. Now a longtime resident of New York, Jojo's primary musical outlet is Nerve, a live

electronic trio he founded 20 years ago. He's also worked with artists such as John Medeski,

screaming headless torsos, and Janik Gwisdala.

Mayor has also released a pair of highly influential instructional videos that demystify his exceptional command of technique.

I spoke to him before a recent nerve performance in Los Angeles.

And now my conversation with Jojo Mayor.

The way my dad played music was not, you know, he didn't play jazz at his point,

but he was playing kind of like commercial music.

And, you know, the way a lot of the, you know, the platform was structured was that musicians played in one particular spot for a couple of weeks or even month.

Right.

Right.

So back in the day when I was living in Italy as a very small kid, you know, my dad used to play in Cortina Dampetto,

which was kind of like the posh skiing resorts for, you know, for three months. And then

in the summer he will play in Capri, you know, so that was the gig. So, and when we were in Hong Kong, you know, for like maybe one year, my dad was the

musical director of like a jazz club and then for the Hilton Hotel. So basically he will be out

every night, you know, and we would spend the day together and then, you know, I mean, he was

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