Duck Tape
Platinum Member
I notice some older drum tracks have the crashes overdubbed while the drummer records time on the hats/ride.
And I notice sometimes when I go for a crash it disrupts the even flow of my hihat playing or time in general more than anything. If I have to hit a syncopated crash (e.g on the 4+) it can compound the problem. I may have smoothed it out over time but I never feel confident, and honestly it makes me to want to hit less crashes.
I also find it very hard to feel consistent time if I'm riding the crash (quarter notes or 8th notes with the shoulder of the stick). Maybe that's another topic altogether but I once decided to keep time with the kick while I am riding the crash, but that's hard if you have a syncopated bass drum pattern.
I think probably the best answer to my own question is to keep time in your mind (counting or feeling a pulse) but most of us feel time with our bodies, and the consistent 8th note bounce on the hihat is how we sense our consistency or flow. So I'm interested to know, when you are riding on the crash, does your time feel uncomforatble? When you go to ht a crash, do you notice you're not as confident when you come back to the hats? Do you hear yourself sounding slightly out of time in recordings where you have lots of crashes?
I'm interested in improving this and I'm not sure how to go about it.
*Substitute crash with effects cymbals like splashes/chinas if applicable*
And I notice sometimes when I go for a crash it disrupts the even flow of my hihat playing or time in general more than anything. If I have to hit a syncopated crash (e.g on the 4+) it can compound the problem. I may have smoothed it out over time but I never feel confident, and honestly it makes me to want to hit less crashes.
I also find it very hard to feel consistent time if I'm riding the crash (quarter notes or 8th notes with the shoulder of the stick). Maybe that's another topic altogether but I once decided to keep time with the kick while I am riding the crash, but that's hard if you have a syncopated bass drum pattern.
I think probably the best answer to my own question is to keep time in your mind (counting or feeling a pulse) but most of us feel time with our bodies, and the consistent 8th note bounce on the hihat is how we sense our consistency or flow. So I'm interested to know, when you are riding on the crash, does your time feel uncomforatble? When you go to ht a crash, do you notice you're not as confident when you come back to the hats? Do you hear yourself sounding slightly out of time in recordings where you have lots of crashes?
I'm interested in improving this and I'm not sure how to go about it.
*Substitute crash with effects cymbals like splashes/chinas if applicable*