[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1333549668' post='1603385']
In terms of tempo I'm always fighting on the drummer's side, but the singer can do anything: sing two verses, add a chorus, be late into a verse, go round again... and if I miss it, that's my fault. Gotta be on that sh*t in a nanosecond.
But as for the singer, if there's a good song that he wants done a certain way or else he probably won't do it, then I guess I have to go along with it.
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I haven't even played with a drummer yet! Just with a singer/songwriter who does all of the above to his own songs. Especially going round again and again. Cos they're comedy songs he does it to build up to the 'punch line' but it all depends on the audience reaction how many times he goes round! It's not easy for a beginner to follow all this I can tell you.
Plus he's now accusing me of making the bass lines too twiddly which apparently puts him off. I can barely play 2 notes anyway, and now I've just about increased my repetoire to 4 notes he thinks that's too complex!!