CavemanZipper
Junior Member
Hey all!
So I recently joined a cover band, just 2 vocalists and me to keep counts so they can sing along to a karaoke version and still keep track of what line they're singing for the songs that have less obvious musical cues, etc.
Because of the cramped neighborhood I live in, I have to muffle my floor tom to act as a bass drum, and muffle my snare and unhook the rattle to act as the snare, and play both with my hands instead of a pedal for the bass.
Last night we decided to record a song this way, just me accompanying one of them singing solo, and midway through, he would slow down a little bit here or there, go off-key, and I would screw up my beat listening to him.
We stopped the recording and he said I had been going too fast which caused him to keep messing up his singing, which I was astonishingly sure I didn't.
So we went back and listened to the recording and I kept count just tapping the table for "1...2...3...4" and my count throughout the song was flawless.
We tried the recording again and this time, I put in a simple 4 beat double-bass fill towards a break in the song and my singer flipped out like I went off and they pointed it out again later that I had gone off there.
So I counted yet again with them and it was still flawless by count.
I've been drumming for about 8 years now, and though i'm not a professional drummer, I can keep my counts very well which has opened the door for me to splice in fills frequently without forgetting to maintain the beat.
This singer I was accompanying has been a shower-singer for the longest time with no actual vocalist experience.
As in, no lessons, can't play any musical instruments or read sheet music, never busked or sang for anyone else but himself.
Anyway, after a few more recordings, I slowed down my beat and muffled the drums more to accommodate his singing and found myself starting to ACTUALLY screw up!
So i'm quite baffled now.
Am I suddenly having trouble keeping counts or is it just my singer?
So I recently joined a cover band, just 2 vocalists and me to keep counts so they can sing along to a karaoke version and still keep track of what line they're singing for the songs that have less obvious musical cues, etc.
Because of the cramped neighborhood I live in, I have to muffle my floor tom to act as a bass drum, and muffle my snare and unhook the rattle to act as the snare, and play both with my hands instead of a pedal for the bass.
Last night we decided to record a song this way, just me accompanying one of them singing solo, and midway through, he would slow down a little bit here or there, go off-key, and I would screw up my beat listening to him.
We stopped the recording and he said I had been going too fast which caused him to keep messing up his singing, which I was astonishingly sure I didn't.
So we went back and listened to the recording and I kept count just tapping the table for "1...2...3...4" and my count throughout the song was flawless.
We tried the recording again and this time, I put in a simple 4 beat double-bass fill towards a break in the song and my singer flipped out like I went off and they pointed it out again later that I had gone off there.
So I counted yet again with them and it was still flawless by count.
I've been drumming for about 8 years now, and though i'm not a professional drummer, I can keep my counts very well which has opened the door for me to splice in fills frequently without forgetting to maintain the beat.
This singer I was accompanying has been a shower-singer for the longest time with no actual vocalist experience.
As in, no lessons, can't play any musical instruments or read sheet music, never busked or sang for anyone else but himself.
Anyway, after a few more recordings, I slowed down my beat and muffled the drums more to accommodate his singing and found myself starting to ACTUALLY screw up!
So i'm quite baffled now.
Am I suddenly having trouble keeping counts or is it just my singer?