| I had a listen to you clip you posted. Firstly you play on top of the beat. It creates a rushed feel. This suggests to me, that you need to work on some shuffles. I think you are a little too stiff. As in your shoulders. Relax your shoulders and drop your arms loose. Then just rise them up enough to be able to get the sticks on the snare..( but keep your back straight and shoulders flat.)
Its great that you are playing along to popular music. This will certainly assist your already good perception of time. However, you must remain solid in this timing and I did notice you strayed and sped up which is a common fault.
The beat and time gets locked into your brain after time and practice. I like to think of it as the sun coming up and the sun going down philosophy.
Try using your left foot, or the foot not used on the kick drum to keep time. As an example your left heel or right tapping out the time. Practice your timing to a second hand on a clock. So a get a nice big fat standard clock with a tick tick second hand or a quality metronome.
Its not overly about the sound of the drums, as engineers have many tricks in a live scenario to eq/compress/gate and make you sound good. Though your kit is more than adequate to do live shows.. good choice.
As far as other drummers are concerned. There is always someone out there who is full of themselves and will brag up their ability. In my experience these people are all talk and no action.
I like your attitude in that your open to suggestion and you seem like a genuine person, this will hold you in good stead in the industry and you career.
I agree with Skin and while trying to copy all the songs exactly is great its also time consuming and frustrating. Unless you have a guitarist or singer who can nail it to the same level as the original recording. On stage and in real life its all completely different. Hence your own interpretation. It really takes the pressure off.
good one....  |