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Interview with Brian Frasier-Moore
Brian Frasier-Moore knows a thing or two about playing for the biggest acts on the planet. The Goodie Mob, Jazzy Jeff, Aaliyah, Jill Scott, Usher, Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Patti Labelle are just a few of the people he has played for over the years and now he is on tour with Madonna. I met up with Brian the morning after Madonna’s Hyde Park gig to find out what it takes to hold the drum chair for the Queen of Pop.
How did it all start for you and your playing?
I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I grew up playing in church; my dad is a preacher. I was a little kid running around banging on stuff so that’s where I got my start at the age of maybe five or six. It was a great start for me with all the responsibility as a little kid.
How did you develop your playing so that you got to the level where you started touring?
I’m not sure if people have the opportunity to go to a Pentecostal church but there’s a lot of different styles of music and time signatures. I think that growing up in that environment prepared me for the responsibilities of what these professional gigs need; being on time, being well groomed, being a people person. All of those things come into play and maybe that’s why I’ve been blessed to have these amazing experiences… because of skill level on drums, although I don’t think of myself like that but I think the other things around it make up for what it needs to be.
When I first started out with the Whitehead brothers, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince and things like that, those different styles of music that were in me help me now. I’ve played with different artists from Goodie Mob to Madonna, which is very different, so I’m grateful for that.
Would you say the Whitehead Brothers was your first big break?
Well, big break, yes.
Source:
http://www.gemmadrums.com/?p=754