How do they do that?
Some drummers have killer memories...some practice incessantly so it sounds the same first time and every time. Me? If I've come up with a certain riff that I play time after time, I'll have it memorized in short order. But I can play the same basic song five times and I'll play it a little differently each time (set or hand percussion, but especially hand percussion). It fits, but I throw in an accent in a different place or do something as the spirit moves me...it sounds cool, but if someone asks me to put it into tabs, I actually have to break it down before I can explain it to someone else.
And for me, Chiko, some songs are NEVER done...I'm always looking for something new to add, bro'!
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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