7/8 Fusion Play Along

[areFish]

This is my attempt to expand my horizons with an odd time signature. It's not perfect, but the best I could do today.

7/8 Fusion Play-Along

[Anon La Ply]

More rocky and raw drumming than you'd expect with this music - I liked it. Enjoyed your groove and the transitions between snare and the various rides for texture changes.

Only criticism is I found your fills a bit boring - I mean, they were good but the toms sounded dead ... so what I was getting was a somewhat blurred-sounding flurry of notes before a crash. To be fair, it's harder to fill in 7/8.

Overall, well done.

[areFish]

I appreciate the feedback. Thank you.

[keep it simple]

I enjoyed that, & you were clearly getting into the odd sig' vibe :)

[aydee]

Very good time, very nice touch on the drums.

A bit mechanical though.. sounded like you were trying too hard..


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[Mad About Drums]

Very cool, I like the pulse of your groove, and yes a nice touch, some "rigid & tense" feeling at places, but since you never played in odd time sig before, it's really well played with a good interaction and ideas in the solo over the vamp at the end.

[areFish]

Originally Posted by keep it simple

I enjoyed that, & you were clearly getting into the odd sig' vibe :)

I appreciate your taking the time to view and comment and letting me know you enjoyed it!

Originally Posted by aydee

Very good time, very nice touch on the drums.

A bit mechanical though.. sounded like you were trying too hard..


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Thank you for the feedback. I totally agree with your assessment. I was trying very hard.

Originally Posted by Mad About Drums

Very cool, I like the pulse of your groove, and yes a nice touch, some "rigid & tense" feeling at places, but since you never played in odd time sig before, it's really well played with a good interaction and ideas in the solo over the vamp at the end.

Thank you very much for the kind words and critique. I believe that rigidness comes from a lack of familiarity with the time signature and nerves of playing in front of a camera. Part of this exercise was to try to get past the camera shyness. I now know what a vamp is, thanks again.