BNS: James Gadson Bonus Mini-Episode
The Trap Set with Joe Wong
Joe Wong
4.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2015
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
James Gadson is one of the greatest drummers in the history of recorded music, but even he sometimes has an off day in the studio. He tells Joe about a time when he wasn't at his best. Be sure to listen to Gadson's full-length episode by subscribing to The Trap Set on iTunes or by visiting thetrapset.net
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. This is a bonus outtake from our interview with James Gadsen. You can hear |
| 0:05.4 | his incredible full-length episode by subscribing to The Trapset on iTunes or visiting our website |
| 0:11.6 | thetrapset.net. Have you ever experienced times when you've gotten, you know, like a writer's |
| 0:17.7 | block or creative frustration? I'll tell you what happened to me. I think it was think about two or three months ago they called me to do a Leanne rhyme session |
| 0:25.6 | and I wasn't feeling good that day and so I probably didn't do as well as I should |
| 0:34.2 | and so they didn't call me back to the next day. |
| 0:40.3 | That was one of the few times. |
| 0:42.3 | I mean, I've been on, sometimes if I'm not feeling good, then I can't give my 100%. |
| 0:49.3 | But every time I go into the studio to do something, I don't care who is for. |
| 0:53.3 | It's like the heavyweight champion of the world. |
| 0:56.0 | I go in there to try to do my best. |
| 0:58.0 | So I didn't, I don't think I did so good that day. |
| 1:02.0 | That, you know, it would be had something like that. |
| 1:06.0 | I would never get a writer's blonde or nothing like that because I'm always trying to be attentive. It's just that I just didn't feel good. Sometimes I'm, you know, I'm a cancer |
| 1:14.1 | patient, so, you know, I just probably had a bad day, you know. But that's the only time. I mean, |
| 1:20.6 | I get a joy. And I mean, the only, the problem might be sometimes the personalities. Right. |
| 1:27.1 | You know, if I'm playing with somebody and somebody can say something that will destroy the whole vibe of the band, |
| 1:33.4 | I've worked with people like that. |
| 1:35.5 | That couldn't be a drag. |
| 1:37.7 | Well, I mean, you've worked with so many people that your person, I mean, that says something about your personality. |
| 1:44.1 | But I would guess it also says something about your ability to cut through the bullshit. |
| 1:49.6 | If somebody's bringing the session down, you probably have a way of getting around that. |
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