Re: Drum Tabs Or By Ear?
Without going too far into the weeds, let me first start by saying that for me drums are a second instrument, trumpet being my first. As a trumpet player I'm classically trained - I read sheet music and I do almost all of my playing with a page in front of me when I'm playing trumpet.
As a drummer, I play by ear and by feel. I suppose that if there was a complicated song I really wanted to learn in a specific way I might try to find a tab, but otherwise I just do what I do without it, and that seems to be enough.
I bumped into Dennis Chambers in Guitar Center one night, and as I walked up the topic of conversation was centered around a conflict he'd had on a session with a producer who got all bent out of shape because he'd didn't read music. Right - but he's Dennis Chambers. Does he really need to read music or even tabs for that matter?
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