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    Enjoyment from complex lines??

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    As a drummer, playing in a variety of styles, one has to be comfortable with the notion of passing quite some time with basic 'four to the floor' drum patterns, as quite a lot of rock/pop music has this at its core. There are often enough occasions where a sly hi-hat lift at a judicious moment can punctuate the proceedings, or surreptitiously sticking a 'three against four' rhythm to a ride cymbal, to vary the 'pulse', can be worked in, so there is no place for boredom, as long as the audience are not disturbed in their enjoyment. A whole evening of more complex stuff (SOAD, Trust, some Bowie etc...) makes one appreciate the more basic patterns, when they are suitable; it becomes less pleasurable when the drumming is unnecessarily complex, or just simply 'odd' (Muse..? There are others...), where one is obliged to metaphorically fit square patterns into round holes, though. Simple is fine, complex is fine; a healthy mix is best. The essential is that it be appropriate for the music and the occasion. B|

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    That old problem of missing notes when playing

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    18 minutes ago, JoeEvans said:

    Out of rhythm is much, much worse than wrong note. So I think the main thing in terms of approach to playing is to get in the groove, dance around a bit so that you're engaging with the rhythm with your whole body, and concentrate more on what the drummer's playing than on what you're playing. Then let your fingers take care of themselves.

     

    And there's your drummer thinking 'I'll concentrate more on what the bassist's playing than on what I'm playing. Then my arms and feet will take care of themselves..!' :lol:

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    That old problem of missing notes when playing

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    1 hour ago, FretsOnFire said:

    ... My question is.... How the heck do you get along with this problem? 😬😁

     

    By definition, 'problems' have 'solutions'. If there's no solution, it's not a problem, it's a 'fact', and one doesn't resolve facts, one accepts them. It's a fact that, try as one might, on occasion, there will be missed, duff, wrong notes. This is normal. One practices to reduce these to a minimum (and sometimes there are none..!). Striving to improve things is fine, and laudable. Obtaining perfection is not the objective; just 'as best as possible' is fine. Do not treat this 'fact' as a 'problem'; there is no 'solution', by definition. You're doing fine if you at least recognise that there are occasional mistakes. Carry on. :friends:

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    Playing in Church.

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    2 minutes ago, Nice Guy Rich said:

    For my church’s Contemporary Carol service in a couple of weeks, we have been asked to wear black, gold and red, I found this on Amazon….I’m tempted 😂 .

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    And then you wonder why you get ousted..! -_-

     

    ...

     

    :lol: :P

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    Counterfeit Gibsons making the news

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    Some copies are bought by the unsuspecting as 'original', paying the retail price (or close to it...); these are a loss of sales to the original makers. Others are bought at 'knock down' prices, and are known to be fake by the buyer, who would not, probably, have bought an original in any case, so no loss of sale. These latter may be 'damaging' to the reputation of the original maker if they are shoddy; often enough these fakes are, indeed, as good as, or better, than the model they are copying, at least from a player's point of view. There are 'fake' Rics out there that are searched for as being better than a real one (and are now even more expensive to buy..!). Just sayin'. B|

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    Can you remember your first one?

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    1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

    It was 55 years ago, when I was 16. I struggle to remember what I played last week 🫤

     

    Some things are retained longer than others. I remember very clearly that, at the age of two, I blew into the top of a pepper pot, to unblock it. I've not done that since..! (At my next birthday I'll be seventy-five...). :|

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    Can you remember your first one?

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    The first gig, late '60s, was with a few school chums of a younger brother, I played 'bass' using the low strings of my newly-acquired Hofner President into a Watkins Westminster combo. The repertoire was rather 'folky', with a couple of 'originals' (composed by Martin Spicer, who gave his name to the Martin Spicer Band...), notably the Apple Tree Warbler song, with the predictable chorus of...

    'I'm a merry little Apple Tree Warbler'

    'Who warbles in the apple trees all day.'

    'It's because I'm a merry little Apple Tree Warbler'

    'That I'm so happy and gay.'

    We followed this with our version of the Airplane's 'Fat Angel' and a rather Grateful Dead-inspired instrumental that went on for quite a while. No drums, just acoustic guitars and my 'bass'; I don't remember there being any sort of PA or such, just us grouped into a corner of a pub opposite the tube station, Hounslow East. I think we got paid £5, and left the publican and his clients rather bemused by what they had experienced. It didn't take me long to decide to play drums ... rWNVV2D.gif

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    Home practice

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    2 hours ago, j-d said:

    ... any suggestions for pretty cheap studio monitors? 

     

    Be wary about using cheap hifi monitors for playing, even at practice levels. They're not really made for 'raw' bass going through them, and may not sound so good whilst playing, and possibly forever after. Better a cheap bass combo for practicing, and spare the monitors. Just sayin'. B|

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