Aaron Spears

[hold-the-groove]

I'm new to this guy, but this video had such an impact on me i uploaded it onto youtube. This guy is tighter than a nun's paycheck! Hopefully you will enjoy, peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KUXICy2vc

[macmonkey]

Yea this guy is the jam.

[supermac]

Yeah, this clip is from DVD of the 2006 MD festival.

Aaron appears with three other drummers from the hip-hop/gospel genre - Marvin McQuitty, Gerald Herward and Teddy Campbell.

It's not a style I'm totally familiar with, but the four guys are all red-hot - especially Aaron Spears.

[Garvin]

Interesting point he makes about the importances of coming back around to the one. I feel like no matter how fast your chops are, if you miss the resolution it just sounds like crap. I think Aaron does a good job of building large melodic phrases within his grooves and is (within the context of actual music not just solos) very disciplined about when to let loose with those incredible fills.

[jeo]

and he's just got the gig touring with the backstreet boys i think he's gonna be busy for a long time!