As a gift this past Christmas, I was really excited to read “Start With a Dream: A Drummer’s Journey from Rock & Roll to T.V. to Broadway” by Joey Cassata. I had heard Joey on 3 Sides of the Coin talking about it and I was a huge fan of his show ‘Z Rock’ and his band Z02 so this was a no brainer.
I started this book back in late December and early January. I painstakingly got through about 100 pages and put it down. I didn’t pick it up again until my vacation at the end of July. I was bound and determined to finish the book while on vacation and I did.
So why was the first 100 pages so hard to get through? Basically it was Joey talking about his childhood, I mean young childhood and his love for Kiss and Wrestling and Drumming. He talked about it and talked about it and talked about it. I felt he spent way too much time in this area. I know he was building up to show what his motivations were, but I was able to pick up on that pretty quickly.
