I Give You My Heart // Great Things (drums) | @Charis Mission Church

POC:
- there are times when cymbal swells are appropriate at the beginning of every song to signify the intro. There are times when playing rests are more appropriate, meaning not every second or every part of a song has to be saturated somehow. For this set, it felt appropriate to fill in empty spaces with slight cymbal washes and swells, especially right at the turnaround before v2.
- there are also moments where good timing of the click comes in very well. For instance, after the WL finishes a prayer between songs, I would swell right away, press play for the click with one hand, and make sure the whole band is ready as I'm still swelling the cymbals before going right into the hi-hat count-off. The band SHOULD be ready asap (before the prayer even starts) ideally, so the cymbal swelling does not last for longer than two measures.
- Great Things, among many other songs, is a good example of a song that I intentionally do not play like the original recording, simply because the band I play with has a different sound and style than that of the original band arrangement. Therefore, it's always a good strategy to understand how to create the same exciting or anticipatory sounds with your instrument. For instance, I would use my left foot as an eighth note click to keep the hi-hat always clamping (this creates a subtle ambience), gravitate towards always using the ride as a quarter note accent while doing tom grooves instead of only tom grooves (this allows for higher energy as opposed to only using the toms). By using these kinds of strategies, one may not need to rely on extra layers of ambient pads and multiple guitar tracks to cover sonic space.
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