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Robin Goodridge
(September 2005 Issue)
Simple In The Golden State "I'm a straight-ahead
player," admits Robin Goodridge of
Bush. "You'll find very few extended
fills of bizarre time signatures in our music. But I try to find new
ways of playing
basic rock music. One thing I'll do is move the
backbeat. Sometimes I'll put it on 2 and not 4, or on the "&" of
4,
but keep the kick where it is. It's simple stuff, but it's effective"
Goodridge speaks with enthusiasm
as he talks about recording Bush's newest album, Golden State.
"We recorded at Olympic Studio in London," he
says, "and we got a big
drum sound there. The place lent itself to a big 26" kick."
While the sound was big, the kit
was small. "When I recorded, I removed
the drums and cymbals that I wasn't using, leaving me with a basic
four-piece
kit," Goodridge says. The drummer adds that he does intend
to add a few pieces when the band tours, so that he can play some
of
Bush's older songs. Included in that setup are sure to be Goodridge's
two favorite snare drums - a bronze Tama
and a wood DW. Robin says that
sometimes he plays one snare for verses and one for choruses, or
switches from song to
song.
Harriet L. Schwartz
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