Trent Reznor "The Alchemist of Melody"

If anyone is still wonderring why I do like Trent reznor - have a listen below.
My favourite album is with teeth.

However there is one thing that is so fascinating about who he really is and that is his amazing talent.

Here is an exserpt from a diary log of Stephanie Jorgl: Recording Drums and Bass
Reznor sits down at an 88 weighted-key controller that is nestled between Ross’ workstation and a rack of effects processors. As soon as the click track starts, Reznor hammers out a few sequences of drums, with perfect timing and precision—fills and all— via the keyboard. All I can think is “Wow. Those childhood piano lessons really paid off.”

When Reznor finishes playing, he turns to Ross and states, “Let me hear those.” Ross plays the drum tracks back and Reznor, deploying the quick decision making expertise that is evident in most world leaders, states, “Okay, I want part 1 followed by part 3, followed by part 2.” .....

and here is some more:
Meanwhile, Reznor turns, thinks and then speaks his next desire for the song in progress. “Next, I’m going to do a bass track and I think I’m going to use these three pedals...” Reznor speaks out loud the names of the pedals, and as he turns to his rack full of basses, picks one up and tunes it, the pedals almost magically appear before him, hooked up by his highly efficient studio assistant.

By the time Reznor is satisfied with his tuning (less than a minute from the initial contemplation of the bass part), Ross has the arrangement ready and the pedals are ready to be played through. Reznor begins recording his next part. After yet another stellar performance, I realize that the absence of studio musicians isn’t a control thing, it’s purely logistical. No studio musicians are required because Reznor is a virtuoso when it comes to probably every instrument short of the physical drums. And even then, he effortlessly masters drum programming and drum performance when triggering samples in Battery through a keyboard controller.

Isnt that utterly and ultimately awesome!?!?!?