Back in 1994, I was working 40-hour week at a disgusting day job, living in a small apartment.
I was running a local band that was not working much and not getting along with the guitarist on top of that.
And then it occurred to me...
Why not move to Nashville and be a little closer to the music industry and get into a real road band?
One month later I got an audition for a country road band and they hired me two hours after the audition.
While I was still on a high they handed me 97 songs on 6 cassette tapes and said learn all the songs in order, copy exactly like the record and we are leaving for Chicago in two weeks so be ready!
Right then and there I knew...
IF YOU WANT TO BE A WORKING DRUMMER,
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO CHART!
So over the two weeks I developed a fast, clear and easy charting method that I could read at every gig and play without making a mistake.