California Death Wish

from Blur-Lights In The Videodrome by Aric Improta

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Part 10 of "Blur-Lights In The Videodrome"

-I get asked a lot about what I'm yelling when I play. I don't usually say, but in this piece it was really important to feel everything as much as possible. I yelled this part all 100 rehearsals before the Germany performance.

-There is one chop in this that I totally got from Thomas Lang, I almost NEVER use someone elses' ideas intentionally. Seriously. But I will always admit when I do and there is a tom cross-over I saw him do when I was a kid that made it into my drum vocabulary early on and snuck its way into the solo. I'd like to take this time to say that he was one of my biggest influences growing up and I got the chance to meet him a few minutes after I played the Guitar Center 2012 drum off solo and he had some really nice things to say to me long before anyone knew who I was. I really do think that was a pivotal moment in my career, because I use to watch his videos and think "I'll never be able to play anything like that," and so him coming up and being so encouraging was not only surreal at the time but also made me think this (drumming) was something I might actually be good at and that I might be able to do it professionally one day. Thank you Thomas.

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And you never know
when it'll be
the very last time
you see them.

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from Blur-Lights In The Videodrome, released September 16, 2019

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