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Chad Smith, born on October 25, 1961, is a renowned musician. He is the drummer for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and has been a core member of the band since its formation in 1983. Smith is known for his unique drumming skills and energetic performance style, which have had a profound impact on rock music.

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“I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.”

Way School Class Band High School Jazz Juniors Junior High After School Marching Band Jazz Band

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“I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.”

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“The Meatbats are a throwback band.”

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“There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance.”

People Moments Behinds Performances Exciting Guitar Rhythm That Moment Solo Rawness

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“Family time is really important to me.”

Important Family Time

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“I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.”

Play Chance Musician

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“I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.”

Thinking Way Trying Band Approach

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“I'm a little more of a lead instrument in the Meatbats.”

Littles Instruments

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“I'm being a dad and a good husband.”

Dad Husband Being A Dad Good Husband

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“In some of the L.A. clubs, people can act too cool to get into your music. That can get to be a bit much.”

People Bits Clubs Too Cool

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“Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.”

Serious Jazz Sense Of Humor

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“Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn't too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head.”

Sound Surface Rings Rebound

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“Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful.”

Men Beautiful Mountain Ocean Driving Desert Coast Redwoods Up North

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“I just played at a club in L.A. called the Baked Potato. It fits like 90 people. It's like playing somewhere in a basement in, like, Indiana or somewhere where all your friends show up. It's really fun and there's a very different energy to that than to play to 50,000 at a Tokyo baseball stadium.”

People Different Play Shows Energy Fun Fit Baseball Clubs Potatoes Stadiums Basements Indiana Tokyo Baked Potatoes Friends Show

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“Its very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything.”

Knows Sometimes Causes Forget Records Spontaneous Forget You

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“People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be somewhere and someone will have me take a picture or something.”

People Too Much Fans Band Come Up Drummer

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“Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner.”

Play Quality Records Keys Series Equipment Pearls Affordable Beginners Great Qualities

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“Music doesn't solve your problems..but allows you to dance all over them”

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“Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.”

Sometimes Home Together Strong Lines Special Advantage Chemistry Bass Get Together

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“The juxtaposition of words - the color, feeling, and sound of the words together - has as much to do with the story as the narrative itself does.”

Feelings Together

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“I feel like in order to challenge yourself you have to get out of and do things that feel wrong at first and find new things. It's important to look for those things.”

Important Challenges Challenge Yourself

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“Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.”

Wells Important Hands Courses Feet Beats Kicks Hats Good Times Getting High Snares Coordination Flashy Drum Beats

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“Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.”

School Stuff Meter Old School Fleas Funk

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“For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes.”

Needs Hate Four Nice Kicks Hats Get Away Toms Mike Microphones Overhead Snares

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“We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.”

Feels Writing Together Song Rooms Creative Musician Jazz Occasions Jazz Music Writing Songs Garage Fleas Jazz Musician

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“I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player.”

Wanted Player Brother Musician California Get Better My Brother Exhausted Stewardship Avenues Institute Detroit

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“Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs.”

Next Names Dog Band Musician Hot Hot Dog

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“I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.”

Black Records Lessons Band My Favorite Work Out Excited Sabbath Zeppelins Black Sabbath Favorite Bands

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“Cardiff Stadium was a warm up for the 3 Hyde Park shows. James Brown opened. And I think it may be the only time we played Mini Epic live.”

Thinking May Shows Warm Parks Brown Epic Only Time Stadiums Hyde Cardiff Hyde Park

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Born: October 25, 1961
Known for: Musician
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