https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbANjz2Ai_8 MP smoking in background while behind the kit.
Alot of good music wouldn't have existed without drugs.
Of course you can never know for sure. Maybe the song would have been even better with a clear head.
The general perception is that drugs are good for songwriting but not so much for actually playing the music. The former is why a lot of people are surprised when they hear about Frank Zappa's sobriety policy for the Mothers, and the latter is why it makes perfect sense.
Not necessarily jazz and drug use go hand and hand and pot doesnt necessarily effect their playing ability, most people who use then play music will be more attentive to their instrument and the music they are playing.
Manhattan Psychologist Charles Winick interviewed 357 jazz musicians on the habits of some 2,000 fellow performers.
In Social Problems, Winick reports that 82% of the jazzmen tried marijuana at least once, 54% were occasional users and 23% were "regulars." Some 53% had tried heroin, 24% took it occasionally and 16% used it regularly.
In Social Problems, Winick reports that 82% of the jazzmen tried marijuana at least once, 54% were occasional users and 23% were "regulars." Some 53% had tried heroin, 24% took it occasionally and 16% used it regularly.
I play drumset and Saxophone and have always felt more into music and the playing of music.
https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826388,00.html
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