its intresting .............so many learn by being tantalized by the exotic skills first.....physicality, speed etc.....i dont think that wrong necessarily....the problem now is when you are in a public so quickly or on youtube one will pay the price for the showing too much in the wrong place.......in the end you end you having to deal with the fundamentals......if you wanna be a star....good luck............if you love music ...youll get there . Good to realize and get back to basics.....its fun too when you get to play music and work with others that way.
this is the problem with musicians who just listen to western contemporary music they think like dennis was saying if something is in an odd time signature its not music or it has no groovev if its not in 4/4 well thats so wrong because i am macedonian and alot off macedonian music is not in 4/4 its in odd time signatures like 9/8 or 13/8 are you gonna say it has no melody to it or it has no groove because its not in 4/4 thats ignorance and racist like how many people actually listen to music thats not from america or england or listen to music from different cultures
I think you misunderstood his point. He wasn't putting down any of the complex time signature stuff, I'm sure he's listened to his fair share of it himself. He's speaking about drummers becoming good musicians by serving the song, having a good feel on drums first, before you delve into extra technical drumming concepts. He also lives and works with "American" music in its various forms, and that more or less is 4/4 time, 100-120 bpm. To be a working drummer in the States, you must be able to have a good feel and play these styles reasonably well, bonus points if you can sight-read music, if you want to make some kind of living as a drummer, in whatever capacity you choose it to be. I happen to agree with his point, because many drummers these days have been watching youtube for much of their lives. Many times what gets more views is a big setup, visual flair, tons of technical ability. It ends up like that old James Brown song "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing." The drummers solo and play so much over the track, they have no reference that that fill or solo part would fall flat, or even worse, derail a band in a live band context. Many of these youtube drummers never play with other musicians for months, even years on end, then they get the chance to play with real musicians and it fails spectacularly. That's what Dennis is referring to, not don't play music from other countries because they aren't 4/4 melodies. Listen back and hear what he said. Thank You.
Dennis playing metal - this was the moment.
Dennis Chambers mostro d+tooop lembrar-se bateras unidos jamais será vencidos ☕ muito bom.
This is crazy ! Inspirational words right there 👌🏻👍
Thanks for this guys, useful stuff and who better to deliver such a message than DC?
This is what I have been saying/ teaching for years....I'm just not famous... Go DC go!!!
its intresting .............so many learn by being tantalized by the exotic skills first.....physicality, speed etc.....i dont think that wrong necessarily....the problem now is when you are in a public so quickly or on youtube one will pay the price for the showing too much in the wrong place.......in the end you end you having to deal with the fundamentals......if you wanna be a star....good luck............if you love music ...youll get there . Good to realize and get back to basics.....its fun too when you get to play music and work with others that way.
"Practice with a metronome"
this is the problem with musicians who just listen to western contemporary music they think like dennis was saying if something is in an odd time signature its not music or it has no groovev if its not in 4/4 well thats so wrong because i am macedonian and alot off macedonian music is not in 4/4 its in odd time signatures like 9/8 or 13/8 are you gonna say it has no melody to it or it has no groove because its not in 4/4 thats ignorance and racist like how many people actually listen to music thats not from america or england or listen to music from different cultures
I think you misunderstood his point. He wasn't putting down any of the complex time signature stuff, I'm sure he's listened to his fair share of it himself. He's speaking about drummers becoming good musicians by serving the song, having a good feel on drums first, before you delve into extra technical drumming concepts. He also lives and works with "American" music in its various forms, and that more or less is 4/4 time, 100-120 bpm. To be a working drummer in the States, you must be able to have a good feel and play these styles reasonably well, bonus points if you can sight-read music, if you want to make some kind of living as a drummer, in whatever capacity you choose it to be.
I happen to agree with his point, because many drummers these days have been watching youtube for much of their lives. Many times what gets more views is a big setup, visual flair, tons of technical ability. It ends up like that old James Brown song "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing." The drummers solo and play so much over the track, they have no reference that that fill or solo part would fall flat, or even worse, derail a band in a live band context. Many of these youtube drummers never play with other musicians for months, even years on end, then they get the chance to play with real musicians and it fails spectacularly. That's what Dennis is referring to, not don't play music from other countries because they aren't 4/4 melodies. Listen back and hear what he said. Thank You.