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Erik: What questions do you get from local musicians when they're asking you about your
career and what you do?
Conrad: The first question is 'where do you practice?' because here in New York City it
is so hard to find an affordable place to practice, so that's the first question, and
how many artists do you share a room with, and this and that. The second question though
is -- let's say you play a show with some other groups, and I just love, you know, hearing
other bands we play with and listening to their stuff, and what I will ask other people
is depending on what they do, is just like 'how did they write this?' 'How did you come
up with this certain thing?' 'What was the inspiration for that particular, out of nowhere,
piece of the song?' 'How long have you been singing?' 'Where did you develop your voice
like that?' 'Where did you get the idea to have this piece of your drum kit?' I have
a lot of musical questions for other people, and I think I get those. I often end up speaking
to the other drummers. I think the drumming community is very supportive of each other,
and this is a long running assumption, assessment, it's a cliché, which is that drummers get
along with each other, and drummers get along with everyone else, but watch out for the
bassists. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. But yeah, I know for me, I just like -- I
love hearing about other -- the creative process of other musicians.