The glue that holds it all together<\/strong><\/h3>\nRob possesses what I admire in people. Honest to goodness passion and love for something. Anyone who has that superpower is my friend, even if we haven\u2019t met yet. But it is the love for what he does that keeps him fired up about working on Hudson Music all these years after having started it. This kind of testimony is what makes me excited because what I feel is a total obsession and interest in what I do. I just want to make the next thing, after the next thing. And that is exactly what Rob has done over the years.<\/p>\n
He expresses his connection to the instrument, and how the connection occurs off the kit as well. Drumming is a community. It is music and art as well, obviously, but on the grander scale, it is and should always be about community. One person\u2019s success is a victory for the community and so we should encourage each other, not compete. We should share ideas and philosophies to help each other grow and become stronger. That has become a larger purpose for this podcast as time has gone on and the show\u2019s level of reach and impact have evolved. So as a sidebar, thank you, everyone, who comes here for their dose of a realistic, honest, well-intentioned, open forum.<\/p>\n
Something that I want to drive home…<\/p>\n
I believe that when you have integrity, like Rob, you produce the results required for something to survive and hopefully thrive. Ups and downs will always come and go, but long term success is really about devotion.<\/p>\n
Because Rob treated his career more like an adventure, he managed to gain many fantastic personal life experiences that he can call his own. He made something out of nothing, and nearly 40 years later he is still evolving by means of autobiographical book publishing. And he is super proud of it, as he describes \u201cthe spine facing out and everything\u201d. He crossed paths with the amazing (spoiler alert<\/strong>…clears throat<\/i>) Mr. Marlon Brando by happenstance at a red light in Harlem! The story goes that Rob had randomly stumbled across Paul Siegel driving some 20 minutes after they had separated at a red light. Paul\u2019s passenger yells to Rob, \u201cHey, the phone is for you!\u201d….and it was the Godfather! Yeah, just unreal stuff.
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