This was a solo I did about 3 years ago, please leave comments good or bad so I can improve on my playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wwi5-7lUP0
Thanks!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wwi5-7lUP0
Thanks!!!
The most obvious thing technically was that some of the inside stuff could stand some cleaning up- your ghost notes are fighting with your primary notes a little bit.
Musically, several things could stand to happen:
- Don't be in a hurry to keep moving on to the next idea. By the time I turned it off around 2:30, I lost track of the number of grooves you had covered. You could've easily just developed your opening thing for that entire time.
- By playing the familiar groove/fill type of thing, you set the listener up with the expectation that you'll be staying in 4/4 and playing normal 4-8 measure phrases- If you're going to deviate from that, you should do it consistently so the listener has a chance to pick up on it. Playing irregular phrase lengths and filling in odd places as you were doing will sound wrong to the listener.
- Try varying your rhythm, and try to introduce some space- you maintain a pretty relentless texture. Take your time, use some longer note values, and let the music breathe.
This was a solo I did about 3 years ago, please leave comments good or bad so I can improve on my playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wwi5-7lUP0
Thanks!!!
Todds post was very precise and useable stuff. I'll throw my 2 cents in..
As a listener, not a drummer, you gotta give me something to latch onto, something I can follow. The second that drops out...ya lost me, probably for the rest of the solo. I don't give a crap about how many notes there are, what's in it for me? (spoken as your regular audience member) What's going to hold my attention?
The only thing I can come up with is rhythm, something they can anticipate whats coming up and take the journey with you, rather than sit there going ...huh??
Believe me I'm no soloist, but I do know what I'm aiming for, and that's to grab the audience with something infectious, and somehow maintain that until I can make a clean getaway.
I'll let you know when I can do that lol..
For my own purposes I've crystalized it down to my own personal rule of thumb that no matter what I am playing, (generally speaking of course) beat, fill.... the quarter notes must be accented, or accenting implied somehow, so people can tap their foot. The quarter note is the audiences favorite note lol. If you don't provide it, you never had them, if you take it away, you lose them.
The mighty QNP. Quarter note pulse, my phrase, I claim it.
cruiseship-i know it's just another day for you, but this is a brilliant critique-not cause it's rocket science-i can see every point you make(once you made them)