Don't worry about all that stuff. Almost anyone born in the USA, with just a little bit of talent can do what I have done. Trust me, I am a very mediocre drummer, and a self taught sound engineer/tour manager. I barely got by, in my so called career, and had many years of zero income from the music business. My point was, how is it that I missed listening to all those bands? I need to expand my listening...
I am familiar with Seawind, Player, Bill Withers, Toto, Swing Out Sister, Chuck Mangione, and Chaka Khan, and some of the other artists, but not so much, their music