Leonard Smalls Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Now this is what I call a good drummer - you should hear his versions of Summer Bries, Camembert Feel The Noize and Relight My Gruyere! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: Now this is what I call a good drummer - you should hear his versions of Summer Bries, Camembert Feel The Noize and Relight My Gruyere! Tasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combed20 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 On 08/11/2021 at 12:14, TimR said: Don't play with musicians who don't make eye contact. How does that even work? It's essential. Ask Stevie Wonder.....😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Boss them, coach them. Make them better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Lord Sausage said: Boss them, coach them. Make them better! Hmmmm.....................that assumes you can actually get them to listen to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Combed20 said: Ask Stevie Wonder.....😉 Keep up at the back. We already did that yesterday. Are you blind? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Bass and drums are, in most instances, the rhythm section. It drives the band, and Its a partnership. If the partnership fails to lock in then there is no groove. Listen to some of the more basic bands, Its the locking in of the rhythm section that makes the music wonderful, despite the simplicity. If you cant feel when you are both in the pocket then there is something basic missing from your innate rhythmic ability. Perhaps this drummer is simply not that sensitive. Edited November 11, 2021 by mikel Adition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I worry as I've always had the luck to play with good drummers. In my first band the drummer had learned by playing snare for a gold medal-winning 'jazz' band (as in marching). He taught me a lot and our showpiece was to finish a twelve bar by just getting faster and faster until one of us lost the plot 🙂 The two drummers I'm with now are really good, very responsive, and will vary what they play to help the other musicians. Keyboard player was struggling with the timing of a solo, so drummer changed the snare pattern to give him something to follow. Both of them support me and make it as easy as possible for me to lock in with them. This bloody drum machine is useless though, goes all over the place when it tries to keep up with me 😞 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 A lot of the drummers who the public think are poor, or merely acceptable, are some of the best to play with. Ringo, Charlie, John Coglan etc. They nail the groove and have the magic micro timing, a joy for any competent bassist. Chops and flash are nice but nailing the groove is the first requirement of a good drummer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, mikel said: A lot of the drummers who the public think are poor, or merely acceptable, are some of the best to play with. Ringo, Charlie, John Coglan etc. They nail the groove and have the magic micro timing, a joy for any competent bassist. Chops and flash are nice but nailing the groove is the first requirement of a good drummer. Its unusual for joe public and musicians to agree on who is most talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Anyway... bad drummers. They are all b******. Two bands , how come it's the two drummers who go down with covid? No personal hygiene! Now I have to get tested... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said: Its unusual for joe public and musicians to agree on who is most talented. Not when It comes to dancing to a band. A band feeding off each other transmits to the audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I see the point that bass players are the ones who lock in but it would need to be a pretty clueless guitar player/keys player that didn't notice a drummer who was not keeping time. The bass plays along with the drum groove but everyone else does too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, ubit said: I see the point that bass players are the ones who lock in but it would need to be a pretty clueless guitar player/keys player that didn't notice a drummer who was not keeping time. The bass plays along with the drum groove but everyone else does too. Ts not usual to find guitarists and singers who don't think the same way that bass players and drummers do. Their playing is much more fluid and they rely on the bass and drums holding it together. The number of guitarists I've played with who start songs after being counted in and by the end of the intro are in a different tempo, some times having paused and hung on notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 12/11/2021 at 13:48, TimR said: The number of guitarists I've played with who start songs after being counted in and by the end of the intro are in a different tempo, some times having paused and hung on notes. You're being pretty charitable to describe this as "not thinking the same way" 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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