A-1: Dear Daniel
Well, it has to do with accompanying yourself with one or more limbs while soloing against it with the remaining limbs (as a pianist might play a bass line with his left hand while playing a melody against it with his right hand, or chords with one hand and a line with another). I do this with ostinatos. Or , because I have a lot of toms and cymbals) I play more melodically and harmonically at times rather than rhythmically to create a more complete musical statement.

A-2: Dear Mike
No- not exactly-it depends on what I'm doing with what! I have said any of the basic permutations could be an ostinato played by one limb and the remaining limbs are free to solo against it (using the other permutations)-and I have some where 2 or 3 limbs hold the ostinato and 1 or 2 solo. But when you say linear that means melodic (between two or more limbs or two or more pitches) so this is where I don't understand your question. At the linear point you get into playing mixed sticking patterns between limbs (as the solo part) against your ostinato, or doing actual melodies as I do on a row of toms or cymbals against it. So I don't play all permutations against all others-I just pick one at a time and do the rest against it with whatever I want to create the musical effect I want-Then if possible for me I can get into mixed sticking (for example if I do an ostinato with my feet I can do mixed sticking against it with my hands). Then the last step is to do melodic permutations (on toms or any graduated pitches you have on your kit).

A-3: Dear Asmet
MP is a heart breaker for me. I enjoyed the brief reunion in L.A. But soon after, the weirdness started again and I had to bail. If you like us I truly appreciate it and we do have another album out soon (of old forgotten tracks), but I hope you might enjoy my new record with Billy Sheehan where I'll be singing and it is more "commercial" than anything I've done since MP!

A-4: Dear Marco
I'm working on it, as well as other videos from my catalogue!

A-5: Dear Michael
Two octaves of 8" piccolo toms is not possible. Actually my low "D" is as low as it can go with out being too flappy. My set has 8" x 6"^s, & 8" x 5"^s, as well-the Cis an 8x6. The actual piccolo toms are tuned every other note of a C scale: D-F-A-C. The others are C-E-G-B (all ascending). To get two octaves you might have to go to 10" and 12" for the lower C and down. Try experimenting with rotos to see what the practical tuning ranges are. My piccolos are really stretched to their limits with the low D and high C.

A-6: Dear Bill
I have done a concert and CD of my chamberworks for string quartet and wind quintet (based on my solo drum compositions). I hope you will check it out! (available @ terrybozzio.com)

A-7: Dear Pieter
Thanks for the suggestion but I burned out on electronics in the 80's (after inventing my own drum pads &pedals). Now I really enjoy keeping it pure and simple!! (I have enough electronic stuff to deal with when composing or recording at home with ProTools and all the midi & synth stuff). I like the spontaneity of the acoustic instruments and also I just can't handle having to deal with any more gear!!!!

A-8: Dear Richard
I use the same TB signature head on the top & bottom of all my toms. The snare of course has a thin TB sig. snare side head, and the top id a coated white dot. The bass drums have a black "thin skin" head on the front. (all available at (terrybozzio.com). I use a DW nylon strap pedal , it is a solid normal footboard. The spoxe are no longer available but you can make your own from an old roto tom and punch out the center of one part of it. I'm working on a book but so far my educational material is in my videos: Melodic Drumming & the Ostinato vol.1, 2 & 3 (also available at terrybozzio.com).

A-9: Dear Fauzie
I'm sorry but I don't have the time to take private students right now- but all I know is on my videos: Melodic Drumming & the Ostinato vol.1, 2 & 3 (available at terrybozzio.com). I can't do the work for you but there is a lot of info on those videos!!

A-10: Dear Jim Bob
As I recall it's mainly in 9/8, sometimes devided 2 2 2 3 and then 3 3 3.

Thanks for the great questions. We'll do this again soon!