EP 2.11: Steve Gadd on being a musician in today's technology-driven environment [ 

Totally. Steve was so kind and great to talk to. A true legend! / Sebi

Do you like Danny Carey?

Thanks for your input, very good point. In different interviews, some of our guests, such as Scott Ian from Anthrax for instance, mentioned that today there are more places where bands can play. That has been facilitated through a more global economy and ease of travel and communication. However, I understand that young and less popular act often don't have the financial means to tackle an interregional or international tour. That of course fosters the problem of having lots of local musicians competing for the given amount of local playing slots. The question is, How can these smaller acts get financed enough to get on the road?

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind comment, Rob.

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+kato968 Yeah, Steve is a fabulous musician and a very nice guy. We really enjoyed talking with him and watching him play.

+From Hero To Zero - yeah... greetings from Brasil.

+Jeffrey Newton Thank you very much for watching our interview and for your input, Jeffrey. I'm with you. As a bass player, I prefer a 'real' bass to a synth bass, even though a cool MJ-synth bass can occasionally work wonders. By now it is apparent that the new technology has reshuffled several factors in regard to the business side of things. Certain artists and session musicians (pros and amateurs) seem to have discovered how to use today's technological opportunities to their own advantage. They might get more and better paid gigs by simply communicating with the world through social media and reach more people and places further away. I'm not suggesting that it is an easy task, but social media brought us powerful tools that level the playing field for everyone to play on. Of course, the trend towards not making much or any money from the sales or streaming of music is a tragic phenomenon. John Gallagher from Raven told us in a FHTZ interview that at times he feels as if he's in the business of selling t-shirts, not records. However, t-shirts might bring them more money, which is good for the band. These are definitely very interesting times for artists and music lovers like us. We will definitely dig deeper and interview more musicians in our next season soon. Thanks again for watching. /sebi

+From Hero To Zero I don't disagree with anything you said. Some observations: 1. I met a guy at the gym who was Barry Manilow''s t-shirt sales guy (and general tour higher-up, for years), and he told me that BM's profit was mainly in merchandise. Of course, I don't have t-shirts with me plastered all over them, but the dude busking in Venice Beach, CA on roller skates wearing a turban now just blades up to tourists holding out a shirt for sale, without even playing his guitar! I've taken to busking for the last several years - without roller skates... 2. An interview with a more "working class" session player might be great, to get their view on being replaced by a robot. 3. Is DIY the new model? Forgo the record company trip altogether, and just network online, selling your own CDs? 4. Streaming: I recently read about a musician suing Spotify. Apparently they either don't pay royalties or pay few of them. Streaming is a big problem, in my view. 5. As to bass, Ron Carter, Jaco..... :) Keep up the good work!

My favorite story was a couple of years ago, hearing session drummer Kenny Aronoff say "Lately I just go in and record a bar here, a fill, the chorus groove, and it all gets gridded and pieced into the song in pro tools. It's a bummer, man, but it's cheaper for them , because i'm there as little as possible." Everything new to me theses days seems so sterile. No swing, no groove, no heart. Top forty is kiddie pop based on an annoying '80's to '90's throwback groove from a sample or machine programmed by the top producer. Who is only the top producer because he can program the "dopest" beats. Like Dr. Luke. From sideman guitarist to top "beat creator." There is no such thing as a full take record live with a band for today's artists. It's all piecemeal for protools, sung line by line, performed bar by bar and them corrected if anything is off by a fraction. ugh.. As fior streaming I like the idea that kids are getting access to it all. But the cynic in me says that they are not really accessing it all. They are just zeroing in the latest pop idols. Music today is overly repetitive. Repeat the banal chorus over and over again like a kid's song.. It's all about the dance-y beat. Nothing new gets me going. My iTunes searches are all back catalog stuff from favorite artists or deep cuts form old artist I want to explore. And they all get paid from my music purchase! With streaming you don't own the music, don't get the album art or liner notes. They could add and remove stuff at will like Netflix does and you just pay a fee to access what they have. I don't like that. I think the kids theses days should own their music even if it's mp3's form iTunes. They at least have something to play again and again for ever. They say that the music you listen to as a teen and young adult is "your" music forever. You always go back to it. I'd hate to have a kid fall in love with his songs in his vital collection and have a streaming service go out of business as a fad and leave the kid with all his music taken away, as he didn't own it, just streamed it.

So agree. Massive Respect.

that's because music sucks today....there will be social repercussions when the music is divorced from the soul of the drummer. Prepare your ears, it will be as shocking as the 60's were, maybe even more.

Of course, there is the fact that Bach, Bird and others did great music to pay the bills and/or feed their families, well, still so...

+PabloVestory Good points, Pablo. I agree in regard to what you said about music being art and that money should not be the incentive but a gratification of work well done. However, today's economic and social environment requires anyone to consider what kind of work- or business-model works for them to pay the bills. I guess that is a big dilemma for many artists (and other people) in general. Still, good to see that there are artists and musicians that seem to find business models that work for them. / Sebi

+chri mar But from the good guys 😎👍 / Sebi

Shoot me a pic of your self when your his age I'd like to see that side by side

He is still delivering. And you sound like an asshole!