haredrums
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This is exactly what I was thinking about. I really like Ari and Jeff Hamilton's ability to literally play the melody, but I agree with Doc here. Another great melodic player is Kendrick Scott. His album "The Source" has some superb melodic drumming in terms of the arrangements. He's a beast when it comes to chops as well, but so much of his playing on that album has to do with the music. It's hard to believe he's the bandleader.
Yeah Greg,
Totally agree. I think that the melodic approach that you/dr. watso/todd are talking about is by far the most widely adopted/useful one.
That being said, I do think that there are real musical benefits that come from trying to play an actual melody. The main two I can think of are getting closer to the melody and grabbing an audience's attention. I discuss this in greater length on the blog post, check it out and let me know what you think.
http://haredrums.blogspot.com/2012/01/me-playing-melody-ive-got-rhythm.html
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