ghostnoted
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So I'm in a new band that's pretty garagey-rock with just Vox, Guitar, and Drums. While it's already challenging to not be playing with a bass player, I've been trying to get them to practice with a click and they are giving me a lot of flack saying that they used to practice to a click but it "doesn't sound right, waste of time, we are a different kind of band," etc. I think it's partly because their last drummer was not very good either and I think they've had to adapt.
They do have many deliberate points where the tempo increases and decreases, so I do understand it makes it hard to follow a click, but I think it would help improve the time a lot. They also have this notion that they follow the lead vocal more than anything, and while I understand vox are crucial for cues and things, they don't keep the actual time.
Also to clarify, this band isn't necessarily amateur as I've just played international dates with them, they are just going for a certain aesthetic.
I found this article about sacrificing your internal need to be the blatant timekeeper and instead keeping "band time." https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/january-2010-concepts-lead-follow/
Do any of you have any advice or references like this one that illustrate this concept more?
They do have many deliberate points where the tempo increases and decreases, so I do understand it makes it hard to follow a click, but I think it would help improve the time a lot. They also have this notion that they follow the lead vocal more than anything, and while I understand vox are crucial for cues and things, they don't keep the actual time.
Also to clarify, this band isn't necessarily amateur as I've just played international dates with them, they are just going for a certain aesthetic.
I found this article about sacrificing your internal need to be the blatant timekeeper and instead keeping "band time." https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/january-2010-concepts-lead-follow/
Do any of you have any advice or references like this one that illustrate this concept more?