DrummerCA35
Senior Member
Well, the bass player and I spoke last night. He’s easy to talk to, good sense of humor. He wasn’t able to tell me WHERE he noticed a problem, or in WHAT SONG. Except for one example: except during the keyboard intro to “Jump” where the drums play accents. He said it didn’t feel right to him; I felt that I played it exactly like the record. He said they were 16th notes; but they are not, and I corrected him and he agreed. I told him I'd go band and double check it, though. This has happened in other instances with other people…I learn the part like the record, and then am told there is a problem. Same thing happened with a cymbal choke in “Purple Rain” before the break, which I posted in another thread some time back.
I would add to this, that he told me he quit the last band because he felt the drummer “wasn’t in the groove.” He tried to “work it out” with the drummer, but he told me that after a while the drummer “stopped working on it” and so he left the band, because of the drummer “not being in the groove.” He, therefore, before becoming more involved with our band, would want to make sure that everything was “OK” with the drums. He again told me that he felt he and I were very much locked in. He did say he’d loved to sub with us again, if given the chance.
I also found out from another guy who’s played with him that “he is very picky.”
So…
He can’t remember where there is a problem with my playing, but thinks there is one
He left his last band because “the drummer can’t groove”
Other guys who’ve played with him say he’s great but picky
I said that if we play again, he’s welcome to tell me exactly where he hears a problem.
And regardless of ANY of this, it’s a good idea to record some performances and take an objective listen.
I would add to this, that he told me he quit the last band because he felt the drummer “wasn’t in the groove.” He tried to “work it out” with the drummer, but he told me that after a while the drummer “stopped working on it” and so he left the band, because of the drummer “not being in the groove.” He, therefore, before becoming more involved with our band, would want to make sure that everything was “OK” with the drums. He again told me that he felt he and I were very much locked in. He did say he’d loved to sub with us again, if given the chance.
I also found out from another guy who’s played with him that “he is very picky.”
So…
He can’t remember where there is a problem with my playing, but thinks there is one
He left his last band because “the drummer can’t groove”
Other guys who’ve played with him say he’s great but picky
I said that if we play again, he’s welcome to tell me exactly where he hears a problem.
And regardless of ANY of this, it’s a good idea to record some performances and take an objective listen.
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