Atma Anur: musexezine.com interview

Atma has been called “the guitar players drummer”. He has played with tones of great musicians and has recorded with more than a few of Shrapnel Records recording artist.
He is an educator of music at Krakow School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music.
He has an interesting musical past full of good musical education.
I hope this interview inspires some musicians to seek out education, and remember with knowledge
comes power.
Let me introduce you to a great drummer Mr. Atma Anur

D.R.: Atma, you play pop, rock, jazz, blues, metal, thrash, and play them all well. What fuels your versatility and creativity?

A.A.: Firstly, I must say that I simply love music and I love to play. So I don't see any difference between any particular style, or genre of music. I always want to play well personally, and play something that is beautiful and appropriate for the song and the situation at hand.
Most of the music that I have played is based on the blues (most modern music that is not orchestral), so my approach begins with time/ groove/ feeling. I spent a lot of time listening to many kinds of music, many different drummers, and copying the things I heard and liked. Not so much anymore, but I used to pick a certain drummer and just study him for months at a time... only him! I would work on one song at a time as well, to try to get the various nuances together. I think that helped me a lot as a younger musician. As a professional sideman I find myself having to copy drummers in order to play the gig correctly... but I don’t like it so much anymore, to be honest. more

See and hear Atma Anur at the Jason Becker fest in Amsterdam


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