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Rick Cutler. Expressing 2 sides of his personality

Debussy

When people find out that I play both piano & drums they sometimes mention what an "interesting" combination that is. Although I've never given it much thought, when I ponder it for a moment, it seems as though it simply gives me outlets to express 2 sides of my musical personality. To record my 2 solo piano CDs, however, I did have to overcome the hurdle of thinking of myself as a drummer who happens to play piano (even though easily half of my professional career has been as a keyboardist) & graduate to the viewpoint of just being a musician dealing with music that I really believe in & wanting it to be heard. ýOnce I adjusted my head & ears to that way of thinking, the fact that I'm also a drummer stopped entering into the equation & it was simply a matter of capturing the momentý & serving the music as best I could.