Anika is pretty low key, but the excitement she expressed in the documentary is completely heartfelt. She has put in the work to honor The Professor, and even when she was sick (and she was REALLY not healthy), the amount of effort that she gives to making the performance top-notch is nothing short of extraordinary. It's a pleasure to follow her every night.
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Hey Michael- this is a typical Load-in/Show Day schedule:
I love that Danny worked with Mandala on the electronic pads he uses. When you read up on them, they're just insane on the nuances you can get with them. I am not sure why Neil didn't use at least one of these. I do know that when he switched from Simmons pads (or maybe a while after that) for his electronic kit, he used DW shells with Roland V-Drums triggers. Maybe this was due to an endorsement from Roland? The one thing I really wish he stayed with is acoustic cymbals on his electronic kit - I just prefer the sound of them. Well, I can't have it all - I mean, it doesn't really matter what Neil had for a kit, he'd come up with something good. And this reminds me of his book "The Masked Rider". In that book, he describes a night when he was around a camp fire with fellow travelers and a tribesman started playing some sort of drum and Neil just started playing along. If I recall correctly, the tribesman loved it. It's almost as if the tribesman thought "this guy gets it!"
