You know him, you love him.
When I first started making videos about Mark Guiliana, he was fast becoming the “drummer’s drummer”, known to practically all “insiders”.
Fast-forward 8 years, and he’s now “drum royalty”. On Bowie’s last album. Doing clinic tours with Weckl and Simon Phillips. And you can definitely use his last initial instead of spelling out his whole last name.
But what if you had to sub for Mark?
What if he took 3 months off his tour circuit to work on a conceptual art installation (something I mention in the video isn’t even that far-fetched), and needed somebody to hop in on his busy tour schedule, and the call came to YOU?
Today, as ever, I play your “proxy” jumping into that hypothetical challenge.
And unlike some of my other “could you do the gig” videos, we’re considering 3 different bands across Mark’s career.
Jazz bassist Avishai Cohen, with whom Mark played in the early and mid-2000s
Now vs Now, which…cmon, do I need to say more?
And Beat Music, Mark’s most prominent non-Bowie/post-Now-vs-Now project
As usual I’ll be learning 3 songs - one from each of the above groups…
…and facing some anticipated challenges, and some unanticipated ones.
Will I be up to the challenge? You’ll have to judge for yourself.
Could YOU sub for Mark?
Leave a comment below.
See you in the next one!