Bo Eder
Platinum Member
You know, I love drums, and drumming, like everybody else here. But with the invention of the computer and digital audio, and especially Mac computers that come installed with GarageBand, I did something sorta' sacrilegious. I took Billy Cobham's album Spectrum, and edited out all those little drum solos he played before each song starts. I even edited out the rubato piano solo before 'Le Lis' too.
All these years listening to that album, I just wanted to hear what it would sound like without all those rattling drum solos he played. Billy Cobham is a strong composer and the songs stand up well without the drum solo interludes. Of course, without the solos, the album is quite a bit shorter now, but I like just listening to the music and the grooves he played on them.
Being the drummer that I am, you'd think I'd want to hear him playing solos. I guess this proves that I'm more into the music than the flashy drum stuff. In fact, I'm of the attitude that if you didn't have good music, you wouldn't need a drummer in the first place. Weird, huh?
Try taking your favorite drum album, and if there are drum solos on it, edit them out and see if the song doesn't stand up all by itself. Funny that I should bring this up in a drum forum.
All these years listening to that album, I just wanted to hear what it would sound like without all those rattling drum solos he played. Billy Cobham is a strong composer and the songs stand up well without the drum solo interludes. Of course, without the solos, the album is quite a bit shorter now, but I like just listening to the music and the grooves he played on them.
Being the drummer that I am, you'd think I'd want to hear him playing solos. I guess this proves that I'm more into the music than the flashy drum stuff. In fact, I'm of the attitude that if you didn't have good music, you wouldn't need a drummer in the first place. Weird, huh?
Try taking your favorite drum album, and if there are drum solos on it, edit them out and see if the song doesn't stand up all by itself. Funny that I should bring this up in a drum forum.