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« on: June 11, 2008, 12:37 PM »

hey guys, im new to the forum. I recently posted a video on youtube of me playing a few grooves I had made up, along with the rosanna groove. here it is:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vl3Ay-ZD1gg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Vl3Ay-ZD1gg</a>

tell me what you guys think


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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 12:45 PM »

Welcome to the Drummer Cafe!

Nice job in your playing ... especially for as young as you are.

What I see/hear in all of the grooves you've demonstrated is that the Kick drum parts don't lock in with the hands. The weakest or most obvious is the Purdie-shuffle used in "Rosanna".

My suggestion ... slow everything down. Work out the coordination so that each limb is lining up the way it should. I'd even get a metronome out and use it to play all of the subdivisions. Once you have the coordination down you can begin to play A Tempo (ie. up to speed). Next work on groove and the placement of the notes to create the feel that you want or need.

In my opinion, if you can't play it slow ... when you speed it up it's going to sound sloppy. It's hard to play some grooves slowly, but if you can master than, speeding it up will sound even better!
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 12:51 PM »

thanks a lot! thanks for the advice too. i'll get on that.
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 05:47 PM »

anybody else?
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 08:30 PM »

I dig your dedication to the groove and musicality. But I don't think I have much advice/constructive criticism to give other than repeating what Bart stated.
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2008, 09:13 PM »

Yeah, excellent stuff.
Nicely played. Just practice on sounding a bit more smooth.

One other note, all three clips featured a busy right hand (on snare).
It's often harder to play less. You might practice playing 2 & 4 on snare with no inbetween notes (on snare) and see if you can still groove so well.
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