Advice for playing in a cover band
Stix, you nailed it! Nobody--not even the original band drummer--will play the same tune exactly the same way every single time. The trick is, however, is that you have to play the tune as close as possible to the original style (especially if has a distinctive hook).
If you're a hand-drummer, you can exercise your creative license (within reason), but if your hook is, say, the drum solo on "Wipeout" or the break in "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," you definitely have to play it as close to the original as you can!
But have fun with it, and don't get so hung up on perfection that you turn into a robot, CMWP! If you aren't having fun behind the drums at a gig, why bother?
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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