Bill Bruford on how Drummers use Creativity

Im often asked why I stopped performing in public, and it was simply because I had nothing more to say I couldnt hear what came next. I dont mean the next beat in the song, I mean what ideas came next in the bigger movie. It had been symphonic rock; it had been a fusion of jazz harmony and rock muscle; it had been electronics, melodies and odd meters; it had been improvisation with Michiel Borstlap. What came next Turns out my next creative step was to examine creativity, my thoughts on which appeared in a book Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer . Cindy Blackman Santana, Peter Erskine, Martin France, Mark Guiliana, Dylan Howe, Ralph Salmins, Asaf Sirkis, Thomas Stronen and Chad Wackerman all contributed mightly to the book; I m grateful to all.