Rich, I can relate to the list. I don't do rimshots, mainly because I do church gigs, but I have a very relaxed wardrobe, and I need to think about that more (are the shades working for you?). I also need to smile a lot more, and I have to have a larger variety of fills at the ready.
On the positive side, I have always had a pretty solid sense of timing, and playing with others has helped me to let go and "feel" the music. Learning to "feel" has probably been my greatest growth recently.
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I wouldn't count any of these as weaknesses. When I hear a band I tend to lump it all together into... they sounded good or... not so good. If the band is grooving and I was enjoying my listening experience, then you were doing exactly what you needed to do. This, regardless of smiles, rudiments or attire!
all the best...
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On a more serious note, it is a really hard thing to get compliments and criticism and use it effectively. I think our mind tends to glorify the good and to dispute or explain away the bad. I have often posted that I video tape myself a lot. I think it is a fact that while playing, because we are enjoying and making every effort to be great, we tend to think we sound better than we are. So listening back and hopefully viewing it with that in mind I think it is possible to objectively view ourselves like a third party would. I have a very well trained sense of meter and still after playing as long as I have, I still catch a bass drum accent slightly ahead inside the beat which I totally did not hear at the time I played it. This weighs heavy on my mind of why I don't hear it while playing yet pick it out so easily on the playback. Weird science. Maybe this is a little off the OP's original floor plan, but I don't think other musicians can pinpoint stuff like this as well as I can do myself. And the fact I have to do it by listening to a playback is interesting, and I think more valuable to me than any general off hand compliment or criticism I may get elsewhere.
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Bob, I had a friend who worked for the WWE as a promoter and he would always tell the wrestlers that wearing shades creates mystic, even better if worn indoors. He took one look at me and said that I needed to wear shades when I'm behind the kit day or night. I don't know if it's working for me but I do like the fact that nobody can see my bloodshot eyes.
Here's a few fellas that wore shades indoors:
1978 Blues Brothers horn section:
ZZ Top
I'm never sure what's worse...criticism coming from egotistical musicians with their own host of musical issues....or compliments pouring in from people so drunk they wouldn't know great playing from lousy playing. I've learned over the years to take things with a grain of salt.
all the best...
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