{"id":17378,"date":"2017-06-21T23:27:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=17378"},"modified":"2017-06-21T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T06:28:13","slug":"peter-erskine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2017\/06\/peter-erskine\/","title":{"rendered":"Video and Exclusive Interview Peter Erskine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musician:<strong> \u00a0PETER ERSKINE<\/strong><br \/>\nBand: <strong>DR. UM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Song: \u201c<strong>Eleven Eleven<\/strong>\u201d<br \/>\nRecorded at Sweetwater Studios<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uv5zo8nLhv8\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Critically acclaimed and celebrated drummer Peter Erskine has played the drums since the age of four and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical genres. He has appeared on over 600 albums and film scores, and has won two Grammy Awards, as well as an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n<p>Erskine has had over 50 albums released under his own name or as a co-leader. In 1972, he joined the Stan Kenton Orchestra at the young age of 18\u2014and played there for four years. He then joined the Maynard Ferguson Big Band for two years. In 1978, he became a part of Weather Report, joining Jaco Pastorius in the rhythm section\u2014and moving to Los Angeles. He was with Weather Report for four years and five albums, and won his first Grammy Award with their album <em>8:30<\/em>. He also worked with Jaco Pastorius\u2019 big band Word of Mouth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17388\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-1-drums.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine-1 - drums\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-1-drums.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-1-drums-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Erskine then moved to New York City where he worked for five years with Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eddie Gomez and Eliane Elias in Steps Ahead, John Scofield, Bill Frisell and Marc Johnson in the legendary group Bass Desires, John Abercrombie Trio and Bob Mintzer Big Band. His recordings with Mintzer are modern big band\/funk performances studied by many drum students.<br \/>\nLiving in Los Angeles since 1987, Erskine has traveled the world, working with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, The Yellowjackets, Gary Burton, Jan Garbarek, Diana Krall, Kate Bush, <em>Nguy\u00ean L\u00ea<\/em>, Rita Marcotulli and Sadao Watanabe.<\/p>\n<p>Erskine won his second Grammy Award as the drummer of the WDR Big Band K\u00f6ln along with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Vince Mendoza and others for <em>Some Skunk Funk<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping busy in L.A. with artists Alan Pasqua, Bob Sheppard and Bob Mintzer, as well as playing in studios, and on films where Erskine\u2019s drumming can be heard on <em>Memoirs of a Geisha<\/em>, the new Pink Panther films, all three Austin Powers movies, and the title music of the Steven Spielberg\/John Williams collaboration <em>The Adventures of Tintin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17385\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17385\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17385\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-approved-Sweetwater-PR-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-approved-Sweetwater-PR-Photo.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-approved-Sweetwater-PR-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-approved-Sweetwater-PR-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peter Erskine\u2019s February 2017 release, <em>Second Opinion<\/em> is the follow-up release to his Grammy-nominated \u201cDr. Um\u201d album, reuniting the production team of Erskine with Grammy-nominated keyboardist and arranger John Beasley. <em>Second Opinion<\/em> is just that: a new look at songs and genres that are ripe and begging for expert musical attention. From funky originals to Henry Mancini covers, the Dr. Um Band delivers\u2014featuring Peter Erskine on drums, John Beasley on keyboards, Bob Sheppard on sax, and Benjamin Shepherd on bass. This new album, which Erskine calls \u201chis best album yet,\u201d was recorded at Sweetwater Studios, engineered by Mark Hornsby and mixed by Talley Sherwood.<\/p>\n<p>Erskine says, \u201cI\u2019ve been lucky to have been part of a lot of great bands. It seems like each playing opportunity led me to the next one. And it brought me to this point and moment in time where I am more or less the captain of my own fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Erskine is one of the most respected and melodic drummers. He has a rich history of playing drums with a wide range of musicians. He spoke with us last month from his studio in Los Angeles about his recent album recorded at Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana\u2014and about the art of listening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PETER ERSKINE Web-Exclusive Interview<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with\u00a0<em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em>\u00a0magazine publisher, Merlin David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the album <em>Second Opinion<\/em> evolve?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first album, <em>Dr. Um and the Lost Pages<\/em>, was a result of constant prodding by my best friend from high school, Jack Fletcher. Years ago he phoned from an airport in Hawaii and said, \u2018I\u2019ve got it\u2014<em>you<\/em> are Dr. Um\u2014and you gotta make a funk album.\u2019 This was when I did ECM-type of work\u2014exploring dynamically soft music\u2014with a lot of open spaces. I termed it an \u2018anti-drumming\u2019 approach\u2014not reaching for the playing solutions that the hands would be keen to follow. For lack of a better description\u2014an intellectual approach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17384\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17384\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17384\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Drumsmack-TV-Guest.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine - Drumsmack TV Guest\" width=\"660\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Drumsmack-TV-Guest.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Drumsmack-TV-Guest-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine &#8211; Drumsmack TV Guest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What happened next?<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Beasley\u2019s name instantly came to mind. This would be the creative and musical force that I would need to collaborate with. So John and I batted around some ideas. I had long wanted to do a project where I recorded music that I felt was underrepresented or unheard\u2014music that deserved a second hearing\u2014a second chance at life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you choose the songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt began by doing a Wayne Shorter tune from the Weather Report days. Wayne used to bring in these very long complex scores for the band to read. Then, Joe [Zawinul] or Jaco [Pastorius] or both of them would say, \u2018Hey Wayne, this thing on page five and six is pretty cool, let\u2019s focus on that.\u2019 So they would excerpt one small part of this grand composition\u2014and that would become a tune. This happened with the song \u201cSightseeing\u201d from Weather Report\u2019s 1979 album <em>8:30<\/em>. I secreted away one of these scores, and filed it away for all these years. In anticipation of this Dr. Um album, I had set it aside. When John came over, I couldn\u2019t find it. I was tearing my studio apart. Meanwhile, I came across all these other pieces of music. And he said, \u201cI have a couple of tunes.\u201d I also had a tune in mind that I introduced at my first ECM album session, and everybody hated it. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) So, we quickly came up with this idea called <em>The Lost Pages<\/em>\u2014music that just fell by the wayside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the tune that had previously been rejected?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHawaii Bathing Suit\u201d\u2014I really enjoy it. I tried getting it on that ECM album, and it got rejected. I then submitted it to a Japanese theme park, and they hated it. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) So, while frantically looking for that Wayne Shorter music, I came across this in my file cabinet, and I thought\u2014maybe this tune will finally get a chance to be played.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did it work?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love the way it came out\u2014very fun song to play. My experience is a variation of the Vivien Leigh line \u201cI\u2019ve always depended on the kindness of strangers\u201d\u2014from <em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>. Well, I\u2019ve always depended on the brilliance of other musicians. And these were the perfect guys to do it\u2014Beasley and Sheppard. On the first album, the bass player was Janek Gwizdala. So both albums enjoy the presence of really great bass playing. We mixed it with the same gentleman, Talley Sherwood, who had worked on the first album.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17383\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17383\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17383\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Louis-Hayes.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine - Louis Hayes\" width=\"660\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Louis-Hayes.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Louis-Hayes-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine &#8211; Louis Hayes<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What did you learn from the recording experience?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe were doing the preproduction while seated at our respective instruments\u2014crafting the arrangements on the fly. I have students working in my studio all the time, and I often advise them: \u201cWhen you sit down at the drums, don\u2019t worry about moving this part of the kit here or there to make yourself more comfortable. Just sit down and play.\u201d In a larger sense that\u2019s what we did with <em>Second Opinion<\/em>\u2014we just sat down and made music. It\u2019s more revealing of the way we are. That\u2019s how the album came about. And <em>Second Opinion<\/em> refers to the fact that it\u2019s a second album, and playing on the whole Dr. Um persona\u2014when you go to a doctor, you want to get a second opinion. Well, here it is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was your Sweetwater Studios experience\u2014working with Mark Hornsby\u2019s team?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s unique about Sweetwater is that it\u2019s located in Fort Wayne, Indiana\u2014not at home. You don\u2019t have the distractions of being at home\u2014before you go to the studio doing all the things you do at home\u2014errands or chores, or work-related things you might get involved with, or the temptation of doing something else at night, like take another gig. We were there in the middle of a cornfield, basically, and it\u2019s just the studio and our little hotel rooms. I found the experience similar to oftentimes recording in Europe. Some of my favorite albums were done in these studios that were more or less in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is it similar?<\/strong><br \/>\nOslo is a bustling city, but when you\u2019re a stranger in that strange land, you confine yourself pretty much to the studio, the hotel and maybe taking a little walk to get some exercise. The same was with one of the other studios used for ECM recordings\u2014Studio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, which is outside of Stuttgart\u2014almost in the middle of the countryside. It\u2019s a distraction-free setting, and you\u2019re there to do nothing else but focus on that music. We don\u2019t have our families, wives or significant others. It\u2019s just you, the other musicians and the music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who engineered the album?<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Hornsby did the tracking. At Sweetwater, we had a room that sounded great, and an engineer who was very keen to show what the studio could do.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17382\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17382\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17382\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton-1972.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine - Stan Kenton -1972\" width=\"660\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton-1972.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton-1972-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine &#8211; Stan Kenton -1972<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What was your recording setup?<\/strong><br \/>\nSweetwater wanted to capitalize on the music industry connections that I enjoy, namely Shure microphones. We decided to mic the drums essentially with an all Shure setup. Mark added a couple of Royer Ribbon mics because he is very fond of using them in that room. And the room lends itself quite well for Royer. And the Shure folks were cool. It\u2019s basically the same mic setup I have in my home studio. The Shure mics work great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get that amazing sound?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe didn\u2019t have the world\u2019s most expensive microphones. These are mics anyone can get. Pretty much the same for drums and cymbals\u2014ones anyone can get. And this is how you make music on these items. It was fun and I\u2019ve always enjoyed that. It\u2019s not fair to call it a limitation, but I like imposing boundaries. I like a canvas that has a specific size. It forces you to be creative within the context of that box or that set of circumstances. It\u2019s a fun way to work. And Mark just made it all sound great. We didn\u2019t have to really think too much about the sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you record again at Sweetwater?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would be very happy to return to Sweetwater to do another recording. In fact, we are going to do that recording residency this summer\u2014for two days. I\u2019m not expecting much in the way of keepers, but who knows. I\u2019m going to sit down at the piano and sketch out some stuff, so we\u2019ll have some new music to record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s quite evident in your drumming that you love melody.<\/strong><br \/>\nI like melody, and I think most people do. It\u2019s a musical ingredient that\u2019s easy to overlook if you are not careful. When you start playing your instrument, you\u2019re wrestling with it. Then you start thinking about it\u2014concerning yourself with expectations\u2014the way you should play. Whenever I played to try to meet someone else\u2019s expectation, I was never satisfied with it. It takes time to learn to like the choices I\u2019m making because I\u2019m making them for <em>this<\/em> reason\u2014as opposed to trying to play for someone\u2019s unknown expectations, to see if I get his or her approval. Ultimately this makes you very comfortable. It also forces you to pay more attention to the music. What we\u2019re all striving for\u2014we all hope for acceptance, but we\u2019re just looking for truth, ultimately. If you can start playing more honestly, musically, it just gets you a little closer to truth. I have no secrets, no philosophy\u2014no one way is better than the other. I just know what seems to work best for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You teach at USC. Are there common mistakes you see your students making?<\/strong><br \/>\nI see them making the same mistakes I made when I was younger. Jaco [Pastorius] was the one who pointed it out. He said, \u2018Hey man, stop thinking so much\u2014just concentrate.\u2019 In music, when you concentrate, it means you\u2019re listening\u2014you\u2019re paying attention.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17381\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17381\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17381\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine - Stan Kenton\" width=\"660\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Stan-Kenton-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine &#8211; Stan Kenton<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How do you teach students to pay attention?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat I tell most of my students at the beginning of their course of studies with me, \u201cLook, we can accomplish everything in one lesson\u2014if you want.\u2019 Their ears perk up, \u2018Why? What\u2019s the secret?\u2019 The secret is just play what you\u2019d like to hear. Don\u2019t play what you think somebody else wants to hear. But to do that, you have to be informed. As they study with me for maybe four years, it\u2019s informing them of the possibilities\u2014here are the choices you <em>can <\/em>make.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a Peter Erskine technique?<\/strong><br \/>\nI have a Zoom camera and I\u2019m constantly recording them during their lesson. We listen back, and I say, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s great. We\u2019re going to make this the first track on your new solo album. Are you OK with that?\u2019 They\u2019ll go, \u2018No!\u2019 \u2018Oh, do you want to do it again?\u2019 \u2018Yeah.\u2019 \u2018What would you do differently?\u2019 Then they\u2019ll go, \u2018Well, it sounds really busy.\u2019 \u2018Why are you playing so much?\u2019 Often times, it\u2019s a sharp slap to the head, metaphorically. Other times, it just starts dawning on them \u2018Yeah. I can make some simpler choices here and it will ultimately be better.\u2019 Most of the students that come out of the program at USC may end up finding work pretty quickly because they\u2019ve learned to serve the music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about playing with Jaco Pastorius.<\/strong><br \/>\nJaco was really easy to play with. When I heard Alex Acu\u00f1a\u00a0and Jaco on <em>Heavy Weather<\/em>, I told Jaco \u2018This is the version of Weather Report I\u2019ve been waiting for my whole life.\u2019 And I thought that was it. Don\u2019t change a thing\u2014it\u2019s perfect, guys. But Alex was leaving the band, so they needed to find someone else. When Jaco heard me, he recognized something that he felt he would be comfortable with. It turned out that one of the drummers I had listened to when I was first going to college was a guy that had worked with Jaco in Wayne Cochran\u2019s band. I think his drumming had an influence on mine. I grew up listening to a lot of the same music as Jaco. We just had common reference points. He liked the way I played. It was Alex Acuna who pointed out to me that a lot of what Jaco played was Afro-Cuban conga patterns. So, if you have any inkling of or like Afro-Cuban music, which I did, then he\u2019s very easy to play with. He was super rhythmic\u2014and we were almost the same age.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you play any other instruments?<\/strong><br \/>\nI studied the percussion instruments\u2014marimba, timpani. I play a little bit of marimba. I actually studied trumpet when I was younger, but I gave up because I couldn\u2019t get a sound like all my trumpet heroes on the records\u2014too frustrating. There are two albums we released earlier this year\u2014one is Dr. Um\u2019s <em>Second Opinion<\/em>, and the other is <em>In Praise of Shadows<\/em> [Peter Erskine New Trio]. I played marimba on two of those tunes. I enjoy it, and I use it for writing too. I flesh out ideas on marimba.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17380\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17380\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17380\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Weather-Report.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Erskine - Weather Report\" width=\"660\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Weather-Report.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-Weather-Report-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Erskine &#8211; Weather Report<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>When did you start playing Tama drums?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlmost two and a half years ago. I still love these drums as much as the first time I got to play them. When you change drum companies, people look at it cynically\u2014and I don\u2019t blame them. They also have this idea that it involves money, which always cracks me up. Trust me, it doesn\u2019t. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) I was looking for an instrument that satisfies me for all these different things I like to do. The Tama drums are just it\u2014they\u2019re the best combination of modern technology with the way I remember drums\u2014back in the 60s. They\u2019re great. I really enjoy playing on them. The hardware is terrific. So, that\u2019s settled. I don\u2019t have to worry about drum companies anymore. I\u2019ll be a Zildjian guy for life, so that\u2019s settled. I\u2019ve been playing Remo heads, so that\u2019s settled. And Vic Firth sticks are the only sticks I like to play, so that\u2019s settled. Shure microphones are great, so <em>that\u2019s <\/em>settled. I got other stuff I have to worry about. (<em>Laughs<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you play with Vic Firth?<\/strong><br \/>\nI studied with him, informally, but we\u2019ve known each other for years. I actually met him when I was in high school. We did get to play on a couple of occasions, along with Louie Bellson, \u201cConcerto for Two Drums with Timpani\u201d\u2014back in 1983. Vic and I were friends for a long, long time. I really miss him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best advice someone has given you?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe writer Johnny Richards, who used to write for the Stan Kenton Band, knelt down so we were eye level\u2014because I was only 9 years old. He put one hand on each of my shoulders. We were eye to eye, and he shook me very gently\u2014just a little bit. He said, \u201cPeter, be sure you listen to <em>every<\/em> kind of music.\u201d That was his advice to me. And it was great advice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d like to give this next generation of musicians.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Listen<\/em> to every kind of music. Learn to be a good listener. Then, you develop a vocabulary\u2014you\u2019ll know what to play. If you don\u2019t listen\u2014it\u2019s like someone who doesn\u2019t read. And we all now know what that produces. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) And that\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say about that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/PeterErskine.com\" target=\"_blank\">PeterErskine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17379\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-2.jpg\" alt=\"Peter-Erskine-2\" width=\"660\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Peter-Erskine-2-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO FEATURE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician: \u00a0PETER ERSKINE Band: DR. UM Song: \u201cEleven Eleven\u201d Recorded at Sweetwater Studios Critically acclaimed and celebrated drummer Peter Erskine has played the drums since the age of four and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical genres. 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