New Tricks
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]we practice with a click so that we can perform passages that are hard in time.
Same here. It's a great tool !
I am not his buddy however he is referred to by his first name in the same way Tony and Buddy are...what's wrong with that?
I didn't say it was wrong. I said it is funny
The OP asked if he should use a click for those songs where the tempo needs to be exact.
You are reading words that aren't there. All I read was I just need a general idea of the BPM for maybe 10 songs and I just want something (for now) to be able to punch in the BPM and hear the click for a few seconds, get the idea and then GO.
If a band can't follow your time then you are always on a losing battle.
I'm not in the "follow the drummer" school. I'm in the "band plays together" school.
There will be times when a player is playing a difficult segment while trying to sing something rhythmically unrelated and the tempo will suffer slightly. Other band members will instinctively make unrecognizable adjustments and it will appear perfect.
I feel that I'm the flexible adhesive that helps hold things together.
I have several instances where, for whatever reason, the person fronting the song seems to want to play at a certain tempo. At first I will try to guide the song to what it is supposed to be but, after experiencing the same thing time after time, I will just let it go where it wants to go and it will be fine.