In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

The music has had a certain quality that people like just because it's a real true expression of how we are as musicians.

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.