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  https://youtu.be/Urh0AmE0yGw?si=CZW2h10oq5T4xCWi This performance by Glass Beams was recorded live at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam in 2024.  We are enthralled by the vibrant, energetic performances by these three very talented musicians. Australian multi-instrumentalist Rajan Silva is the bass player and leader of the band, while the other two members go curiously unnamed. The drummer is very classy, simplifying as required utilizing a small but effective hybrid drum kit. The guitar player tastefully uses multiple effects pedals to round out the sound. The fact that they all wear gold bejewelled glass masks adds a theatrical mystique that draws  the audience in to better focus on the music.  There are no lyrics and they don't talk to the audience... but somehow in doing this they require that one listens all the more.  It is a blend of tribal, funk, rock, middle Eastern, trance that takes listeners on a different musical journey;  hypnotizing & infec...

In my drumming career there has been many instances where my job was to be what I call a Rhythmic Chameleon on the drums - able to adjust and change to the environment I was playing for, or in.  Initially it developed when I was working in studios. Often a drum machine track that the client had created (and to which they were attached) needed replacing, but on a kit with a human feel. This was my forte as I could do it faster than it would take me or the engineer to reprogram it on a machine. I soon developed the ability to analyze/learn different styles quickly and emulate them. This skill also led to me what is known as ghost work - anonymously replacing another drummers track that wasn’t working out for a recording project. I was required to play exactly as they had and often without anyone but the songwriter or producer and engineer knowing.  I was paid extra to keep my mouth shut. There is no shame in this for the original drummer. After all, I was emulating their part t...