1) Be on time. 2) Know your material. 3) Have a positive and professional attitude. 4) Interact with the other musicians on stage. 5) Stay in shape. 6) Warm up and cool down.
Are you familiar with Gregg Bissonette? Yes, the versatile and happy-go-lucky drummer from California. He is one of the first call studio drummers in Los Angeles.
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way.
David Bowie (*1947, ✞ 2016) said many things and because he didn’t consider himself as very articulate when having to express his feelings, he let his music speak for him.
Don't stop when you're tired, stop when you're done.
Tommy Igoe (*1964) is a highly respected world-class drumming musician, educator and author of several, very successful drum instruction books (check out my list a few lines below!) from New Jersey, USA.