I've only been playing drums for 8 months now, I had a practice with a local group, they played a song called cold-hearted woman by Chris Bell, I'd never heard of it, so I said I'll wing it and it actually sounded good. Basically if you can made stuff up and keep a rhythm job done.
Lovely! And also so true! People, just relax and have Fun with drums and playing Music in General. There's always somebody faster, groovier or better. Don't matter one bit. If You like it, Do It! Love ya Emma!
This is very true. When I go out to see bar bands, it's the bad drummers that annoy me, and the good ones setting the beat I appreciate, but don't notice all that much. Way better to carry the groove simply than to get fancy and all over the place (spoken as a person listening in the audience).
i learnt drums from youtube and play in the gig exactly like she said. guess i'ma gonna carry on. but no i don't want to get paid for winging it 100% of the time. i'm too scared to add anything else to the sticks because you can't stuff up what she just said, but you can stuff up once you try to be too fancy lol
A finnish journalist in 60s reviewed a band and wrote that they had three (four?) musicians and a drummer. Well, if I remember it right, that's what some of the young bands sounded like back in the days.
I'm just a beginner and a while ago I learned my first song. It's a fairly easy song but there's a few parts I couldn't figure it and it was driving me nuts. I then just played something I could instead and it sounded decent. After that I made those parts a little bit more challenging. Now if I could actually play in time I'd be doing great lol
Playing drums 100% note-for-note with no subtle variations whatsoever is actually lowkey psychotic, never try to do it. It's like actively wanting the soul in your playing to be sucked out with a Ghostbusters vacuum cleaner.
Imo, the main point of reading charts note for note is for beginners to learn how to play songs. "Never try to do it" doesn't make sense, if you encourage a beginner to try to play to songs and make up a part it'll end up a mess. Of course once you rack up experience it'll work but beginner drummers generally should start off by reading and learning charts it builds familiarity with the kit and gets them better at sight reading. And for more complicated songs that don't just have you play a standard rock beat for 4 minutes straight(Take some Dream Theater pieces like Erotomania or Dance of Eternity), you're probably going to want to print out the chart and play that note for note. It's so intricate and specifically designed for its own piece that changing almost anything will either make it fall apart or just make it sound not as good. Reading charts note for note is helpful but saying never do it or always do it are both wrong if the goal is to become a better drummer overall
@JohnSmith-k4t1x My point is more that it's almost never fun to listen to a live drummer play something note-for-note. Portnoy changes his parts all the time live, he just keeps to the foundation of the song which is complex. It might be a beneficial challenge for practice, but I honestly have no idea. For performance though, no one wants to hear a drummer play a chart down to the last ghost note like a drum machine, because at that point you just get a drum machine. I've seen plenty of examples on TH-cam where drummers show off how they perfectly they can keep to the chart and I pretty much never want to listen to them again because it adds nothing.
@@tylerbailey9329 That's a pretty fair point which I mostly agree with, but your initial comment made it sound as though reading charts and actually learning the charts to the last note is a bad idea, In many cases it is beneficial in practice to make your own fills and modifications when playing to songs but I also think it's very important to learn some charts note for note. It's very unlikely practice is going to perfect every little thing about your drumming no matter how hard you try(and raw practice probably won't account for the potential challenges of playing to music as opposed to a metronome) so when you start reading hard charts especially some prog rock charts like Rush and DT you start learning and improving your technique in many areas. If you just listened and jammed to a song without sheet music you're effectively just playing what you already know instead of learning smth new, which isn't bad but learning the charts fully exercises certain things that improvising wouldn't help with Also imo what it sounds like coming from you is it is just as much about the fact that you just so happen to know the parts note for note(which is why you are bored or hearing it again) as the "soullessness" of it, But I think if you didn't know the part note for note, even if a drummer played it note for note, it wouldn't bother you as much, so long as the drummer has the skill to add some "oomph" and expression and not make it look completely soulless
I love your teaching and talking and humour. In other circumstances i'd fall in love. On other matters, i'd like to hear your stuff while not teaching, or just grooving something you love. Cheers!
There is no perfect drummer, it is only "how many people can you get to believe you're perfect". Once thats a million or so people, you're likely being paid enough that you don't need a day job.
I've only been playing drums for 8 months now, I had a practice with a local group, they played a song called cold-hearted woman by Chris Bell, I'd never heard of it, so I said I'll wing it and it actually sounded good. Basically if you can made stuff up and keep a rhythm job done.
Lovely! And also so true! People, just relax and have Fun with drums and playing Music in General. There's always somebody faster, groovier or better. Don't matter one bit. If You like it, Do It! Love ya Emma!
It's weird... sometimes if you're a good drummer the crowd don't notice. Thanks Emma I trust you ❤
This is very true. When I go out to see bar bands, it's the bad drummers that annoy me, and the good ones setting the beat I appreciate, but don't notice all that much. Way better to carry the groove simply than to get fancy and all over the place (spoken as a person listening in the audience).
If you make a mistake in the groove, don't panic, just repeat the mistake again and style it out as a deliberate decision. Just keep time.
Repetition legitimises.
i learnt drums from youtube and play in the gig exactly like she said. guess i'ma gonna carry on. but no i don't want to get paid for winging it 100% of the time. i'm too scared to add anything else to the sticks because you can't stuff up what she just said, but you can stuff up once you try to be too fancy lol
You are awesome!!!
A finnish journalist in 60s reviewed a band and wrote that they had three (four?) musicians and a drummer.
Well, if I remember it right, that's what some of the young bands sounded like back in the days.
Smooth with touch of south central you are a goddess!
I'm just a beginner and a while ago I learned my first song. It's a fairly easy song but there's a few parts I couldn't figure it and it was driving me nuts. I then just played something I could instead and it sounded decent. After that I made those parts a little bit more challenging. Now if I could actually play in time I'd be doing great lol
Playing drums 100% note-for-note with no subtle variations whatsoever is actually lowkey psychotic, never try to do it. It's like actively wanting the soul in your playing to be sucked out with a Ghostbusters vacuum cleaner.
Imo, the main point of reading charts note for note is for beginners to learn how to play songs. "Never try to do it" doesn't make sense, if you encourage a beginner to try to play to songs and make up a part it'll end up a mess. Of course once you rack up experience it'll work but beginner drummers generally should start off by reading and learning charts it builds familiarity with the kit and gets them better at sight reading. And for more complicated songs that don't just have you play a standard rock beat for 4 minutes straight(Take some Dream Theater pieces like Erotomania or Dance of Eternity), you're probably going to want to print out the chart and play that note for note. It's so intricate and specifically designed for its own piece that changing almost anything will either make it fall apart or just make it sound not as good.
Reading charts note for note is helpful but saying never do it or always do it are both wrong if the goal is to become a better drummer overall
On an extra note, you can still make things sound different even if you played it note for note, the volume plays a role too
@JohnSmith-k4t1x My point is more that it's almost never fun to listen to a live drummer play something note-for-note. Portnoy changes his parts all the time live, he just keeps to the foundation of the song which is complex. It might be a beneficial challenge for practice, but I honestly have no idea. For performance though, no one wants to hear a drummer play a chart down to the last ghost note like a drum machine, because at that point you just get a drum machine. I've seen plenty of examples on TH-cam where drummers show off how they perfectly they can keep to the chart and I pretty much never want to listen to them again because it adds nothing.
@@tylerbailey9329 That's a pretty fair point which I mostly agree with, but your initial comment made it sound as though reading charts and actually learning the charts to the last note is a bad idea, In many cases it is beneficial in practice to make your own fills and modifications when playing to songs but I also think it's very important to learn some charts note for note. It's very unlikely practice is going to perfect every little thing about your drumming no matter how hard you try(and raw practice probably won't account for the potential challenges of playing to music as opposed to a metronome) so when you start reading hard charts especially some prog rock charts like Rush and DT you start learning and improving your technique in many areas. If you just listened and jammed to a song without sheet music you're effectively just playing what you already know instead of learning smth new, which isn't bad but learning the charts fully exercises certain things that improvising wouldn't help with
Also imo what it sounds like coming from you is it is just as much about the fact that you just so happen to know the parts note for note(which is why you are bored or hearing it again) as the "soullessness" of it, But I think if you didn't know the part note for note, even if a drummer played it note for note, it wouldn't bother you as much, so long as the drummer has the skill to add some "oomph" and expression and not make it look completely soulless
The late Great "Art Blakey" never Learned to Read music, yet He is a Drumming Icon!! Google the Man and listen and learn.. y'all are welcome 😊
❤🇩🇰 i am a beginner and Watch alot of your videos ❤
I get paid by the neighbours NOT to play. 😎 And I am not perfect. 😉
Love this..
Because it's true 😂😂
I love your teaching and talking and humour. In other circumstances i'd fall in love. On other matters, i'd like to hear your stuff while not teaching, or just grooving something you love. Cheers!
I'm guessing "Wipeout" is "note for note."
There is no perfect drummer, it is only "how many people can you get to believe you're perfect". Once thats a million or so people, you're likely being paid enough that you don't need a day job.
You will be judged by your peers and sussed by great musicians 😂