Tone Color vs. Rhythm
Originally Posted by
1DrumBum
Very true. I've heard guys that had a great sound but could'nt keep a rhythm and i've heard guys that have perfect rhythm with no color. The later just sound like drum machines and the first I don't even want to listen to. It takes a long time to master putting both together. I think Bongobro will agree with me when I say that playing hand drums helped me learn how to color my sound on a trap kit very quickly. It just comes naturally after years of making 1 drum make 15+ sounds and tones.
You got that right, 'bro!
I think that's why I prefer playing hand drums to set...to me, it's cool when I can play a beat that not only drives the tune, but fits in with the bass, guitars and keyboards. I recently added a third conga to my church set-up--one with a deep sound with real cojones to it--and it's given my playing more "bottom" to it while enabling me to match my playing to the chords to the keyboard man and/or guitars.
While you can do different things with sticks on a set, nothing--I mean nothing--sounds cooler than putting skin to skin (hands to hand drums) and turning three congas and a pair of bongos into a roomful of drum sounds...
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
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