Youtube - funk groove pocket blah blah

[KzSgDrummer]

Recorded yesterday, I was playing a ?uestlove groove and it morphed into an inverted Gadd groove, then the whole thing fell apart as I was trying to comprehend the 32nd note patterns I was hearing in my head. Regardless, I'm quite happy with the depth of my pocket

Pete Rock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsBt4eIbL8

[byebyepanda]

Very nice! I enjoyed it!

[gaspesien]

I loved it too, great 32nd note idea coming together and the end

[Ozzy Biz]

It looks like you've got something on your ride in the video... what and why?

[drflam]

That was pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Ozzy Biz

It looks like you've got something on your ride in the video... what and why?

Comment on youtube... "Oh, and that's my coat you see hanging off the ride, damping it down.. I was in a ?uestlove mood that day.

[Ozzy Biz]

Originally Posted by drflam

Comment on youtube... "Oh, and that's my coat you see hanging off the ride, damping it down.. I was in a ?uestlove mood that day."

oh ok. cool. and 20 characters...

[Tutin]

Quite liked it, pretty tight. The bit with the ride on the offbeat went on a little too long IMO but still great!

[SLEEPY BRiGHT EYEZ]

Yay for funky stuff. I like the DiY dry ride. hahah

[rendezvous_drummer]

Can definitely see the ?uestlove in there alright. Very nice groove you have going on man. Lookin forward to seeing some other stuff!

[mikei]

Very nice.

Great inspiration for me!

I am working on some funk grooves with ghost notes and now can't wait to get home and try some more.

Hopefully within a year, I can be where you are!! Great stuff with the ride on the up beats.

Mike

[jonescrusher]

Lovely grooving Kz, you've got a nice dynamic balance between the voices in your playing.

[Pocketman]

Nice job. Good ghost technique in the first groove as well as a strong 8th note pulse.

[burnthehero]

Great groove with excellent use of ghost notes.

Very fun to listen to.

[KzSgDrummer]

Originally Posted by Tutin

The bit with the ride on the offbeat went on a little too long IMO

Yeah, it definitely did. But like I said I "morphed" into this groove unexpectedly, and it's one I'm not entirely comfortable with yet (trying get those consistent upbeats in the right hand.. ambidexterity is the eventual goal), so it wasn't anything I intended to share when I hit "record" (note how many times I do those simple tom fills and yet none of them are completely right).

Really, this whole thing was nothing more than a "stream of conscious"

Originally Posted by jonescrusher

you've got a nice dynamic balance between the voices in your playing.

Thanks. I played in various orchestras and percussion ensembles growing up, where the whole is always stressed over the individual parts, so I feel (or hope) I understand what it means to keep MY personal ensemble sounding balanced.

Originally Posted by Pocketman

Good ghost technique in the first groove as well as a strong 8th note pulse.

Let's just say I want the title of "King of the 8th Note" :-)

[JRH7]

The Good-
Nice playing and great dynamics. Playing the 16th notes between your HH and your Ride and leading with your left hand was a great example of your ambidextarity(I hope that was clear).

The challenge-
There are couple of parts in the begining where you are playing some ghost notes on the "e" and the "&" that slightly stalled your playing. I suggest practicing at very slow tempos to clean this up a little. There wasn't a huge stall but enougn that I could hear it and feel it.

Keep up the grooves.

J.

[KzSgDrummer]

I hear what you're saying JR, but I was doing that heavy drag on purpose, because the groove I was emulating - "Pete Rock" with ?uestlove drumming - has the hits all over the place, meaning if you were to put it on a grid it would look sloppy. Plus, I prefer when playing for myself for things to dance around and fall somewhere in between a 16th and triplet rather than be spot on all the time -- I think of it as channeling Billy Martin's groove.

However I don't want to sound close-minded to criticism, so if you think what you heard were honest errors then please list the time(s) when they happened - I'm quite curious about this. And thanks for the comments!

This is the song I was playing. I could listen to it until the end of time..

[d.c.drummer]

Enjoyed it. Nice playing.