I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be on this show. I've literally dreamed about it for the past.....gosh I don't know.....probably since the moment I could play music I wanted to be on it!! In the UK its THE show to perform on and I have literally seen all my favourite artists and drummers play on there and deep down always hoped I would too. So when the opportunity finally came along to play the show with Nakhane, I was needless to say quite literally ecstatic.
I remember walking onto the set was one of the most surreal moments in my life, I turned up by myself and just walked into the main space with the giant foam blocks and wire constructions hanging down with my jaw dropped and my eyes popping. I honestly felt like a kid again. I just couldn't stop imagining all the amazing people that had been there before me and I felt overwhelmed. It was in that moment that I became super grateful that we were allowed to be on set a day early to setup and soundcheck. Because honestly if it had happened on the same day as the show I probably would of been caught on screen looking like this...
Thankfully I held my cool and even managed to handle having dinner with the incredible Nile Rodgers, who arguably is one of the most incredible and influential producers of the past century having worked with everyone from David Bowie to Pharrell Williams, he talked to us about what he's doing now and how Riccochet by David Bowie was originally a 6/8 Afrikan vibe which he had to reign in.
Needless to say that this chance meeting with a hero of mine along with what was probably one of the most adrenaline fuelled performances of my life is the reason why I will never forget that day.
Big thanks to Nakhane and his management for making it all work. Cheers guys, you made a lil boys dream come true :).
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