| I thought I would toss a comment in here, not to float my own boat, but rather as a testament that in general, internalizing the pulse and sense of time is not as common as I once thought.
I played drums for a new praise band this last weekend, so I went to my first rehearsal on Thursday, and played drums for two services on Sunday morning. They guys in the band are really digging what I do behind the kit - the thing is, I didn't do anything extraordinary, or at least not from a technical or chops standpoint. What I did do was make my best effort to simply lock into a groove and create a solid pocket that the band could hinge on, and I also did my best to set up transitions and kick the band in appropriate places.
To hear the guys in the band talk, apparently these things are foreign concepts to a lot of drummers, which really surprises me because as a drummer, if you can't hold time and play in the pocket, or if you aren't setting the band up for transitions with tasteful, appropriate kicks, how can the band ever really gel?
The book might be a good thing for me to grab up, if for nothing else to help me improve my ability to read and feel more complex syncopated patterns.
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