linear playing - music recommendations?

[thebrza]

I want to - if you're really dense and didn't get it already - learn more linear playing. I've got some examples that are good for learning, and I listen to some jazz/metal that uses linear already... but I want to find more.

I figure jazz is the way to go, but I'm not against other genres. Whatever has some good technical playing that I can listen and pull from.

[skaman]

Gary Chaffee wrote a book: Linear Time playing. Check it out!

[franklinj]

Im a huge linear player and im going to be recording some material within the next few weeks, so ill post that here when im finished. Honestly, I havent heard many people use it in anything other than funk.

[thebrza]

skaman - I'll check it out, thanks a lot.

franklinj - really? Linear? Chris Pennie uses it a lot, and if I remember, there's a bridge in the song 43% Burnt with the guitar playing a jazz melody and the drums do linear. (It's a heavy song, don't be put off by the intro ;))

As I've learned more about linear - I'm still new at it, but I've been playing drums long enough I pick up things quickly a lot of the time - I've gone back and played my drums more and more frequently. It's so much fun, cause even a simple little backbeat without too much going on sounds so cool.

[jonescrusher]

Check out Tower of Power

[Soulset]

this mighht be a stupid question, but what is linear playing? lol, i've googled it and thigns but all i get is advertisments and stuff.

From reading what i have(not much lol) i tihnk i understand that it is somewhat simplier patterns with small changes to make the groove or beat sounds diffrent in a major way or something?

someone please expline, it's greatlly appresheated =3

[thebrza]

This is the only site I could find with a bit of text and some examples good for, uh, linear beginners, for lack of a better term.
http://www.drummingweb.com/linear.htm

Also, I found this page. http://www.drumsdatabase.com/drums-linear-drumming.htm
Doesn't look like much off the top, but click Lesson 6. It's a PDF with a bunch of examples, and it's great: non-linear style and a linear version.

[ahum]

Check out the book Advanced Funk Studies by Rick Latham. A lot of it is based on linear concepts and it will really hone your groove at the same time.