Interview met Black Sabbath-drummer Bill Ward
Artist news 17-02-2006 22:44
Een interview dat Black Sabbath-drummer Bill Ward (foto) aan AllAboutJazz.com gaf in 2005, is nu eindelijk gepubliceerd.
Een ander onderwerp dat aan bod komt, is de allereerste drumles die Bill Ward nam toen hij vijftig was. De drummer bekend dat hij zich nogal opgelaten voelde toen hij bij de bekende instructeur Roy Burns aanklopte:
"When I was 50 years old I kind of had cap-in-hand and felt quite ashamed of myself, and I went to Roy Burns and I asked Roy if he could teach me drums. He kind of had a smile on his face and he said, 'Well, you pretty much know how to play drums already, I think.' And I told him I didn't consider myself to be a drummer. (...) You know, I'm clueless. I'm absolutely clueless, yet I can play with a band and just feel the musicians and just play to wherever it's got to go, and that's something that just comes absolutely natural to me. So, I don't get it."
Op een gegeven moment besloot Bill Ward zich niet langer te ergeren aan wat hij allemaal nog niet beheerste, en zich te concentreren op wat hij wel kon. Sindsdien ergert hij zich minder en Bill Ward zich veel meer openstellen voor andere muzikanten. De drummer vervolgt:
"All the envy, all the anger that I felt, has all dropped away. It's nonexistent. I have such an open mind and a complete enjoyment for any drummer. (...) I try to look at drumming with humility and in doing so, I see the musician and I see the heart and I have no jealousy, or envy, or anything else. I feel like I can really, really listen to a drummer whether he is 96 years old or six years old, and I give the six-year-old just the same amount of credit that I would the 90-year-old because they are in the same process of achievement as drummers. So my outlook towards drumming has completely changed."
Het volledige (Engelstalige) interview kun je lezen op de website van AllAboutJazz.com.
