fixxxer
Senior Member
O.K., long story short......I am in a band that has just reunited after about a 2 year "misunderstanding". I am not the original drummer for the band (he will not be returning), but have been working on other projects with the bassist for the past 2 years. This band plays all originals, most of which are actually pretty good. I have recordings of most of the better songs and have those down pretty well.
So, last night we got together for our first practice. Everything went well in the beginning while we were playing the above mentioned previously recorded songs- very tight. However, once we got into the songs that I was unfamiliar with, it was a different story. I listened to them play their parts and then added what I felt fit well for, at least, a start to build off of. Their response was things like, "No, it goes like this...or goes like that (insert verbal drumming suggestions)."
Don't get me wrong. Overall, the practice went great and everyone walked away excited to be reunited again. I just left wondering what my role in this situation is.
My question is this, if it's original songs that haven't been recorded and aren't known by a "fan base", don't you think I would have some freedom to do my own thing in these songs? I know the guys are probably just comfortable with the way they have played them before with the first drummer, but with nothing to really go by, what do you do?
So, last night we got together for our first practice. Everything went well in the beginning while we were playing the above mentioned previously recorded songs- very tight. However, once we got into the songs that I was unfamiliar with, it was a different story. I listened to them play their parts and then added what I felt fit well for, at least, a start to build off of. Their response was things like, "No, it goes like this...or goes like that (insert verbal drumming suggestions)."
Don't get me wrong. Overall, the practice went great and everyone walked away excited to be reunited again. I just left wondering what my role in this situation is.
My question is this, if it's original songs that haven't been recorded and aren't known by a "fan base", don't you think I would have some freedom to do my own thing in these songs? I know the guys are probably just comfortable with the way they have played them before with the first drummer, but with nothing to really go by, what do you do?