i was going through some boxes last night, and came across a couple of pics of when i went to brighton a few years ago.

it was at brighton university,the opening week of their new British Institute of Modern Music - BIMM.

it was drum night, and my friend had got me a ticket for my birthday, chad smith was the main act, mark richardson of skunk anansie was also there (he's the other dude in the pic, i'm in the middle, with the really goofy "i'm in the middle of two VERY BIG, and famous drummers" face on me! haha).

anyway, chad was doing some Q&A, and a little lad in the audience asked "how do you right a song?" chad answered with "just jam!"

so i threw my hand up, chad pointed at me, and the first question that came to me was "do you fancy a jam ?".

he said, yeah man, come on up!!

so i went up and jammed for a few minutes. Nice!!

it was a great night, topped off with going back stage after to have a beer with him and mark, who also gave me his 19" A custom!!

just thought i'd share them with you guys, and ask, has anyone else had similar experiences??

by the way, the writing on the first pic says, call youself a musician! signed by mark. my friend who i went with, lived and worked in hong kong just after this, and met him while he was playing with feeder at a festival there, and asked if he'd sign it for me, which was nice!