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Every-so-often I find it fun to take a “clickbait” premise, and try to wring some actually useful insights out of it. “What would this video look like if I delivered on the clickbait title.”
And this week’s video didn’t come out of the blue. In these slow days of August, I’ve been reflecting on almost a decade of running the channel, and all the people I’ve seen play - online and in my various practice spaces - and questions I’ve received over those years. If you heard the Rob Brown interview, you might have heard be allude to this, but there are certain things you realize you take for-granted that other people don’t necessarily assume.
That’s often a great font for “stuff pros know” insights.
But additionally, there were things I needed to learn between 2014 and today, and those are in this video too.
Anyway, if you’re expecting this to be a list of stuff like “the 25 essential rudiments”, and “how to show up on-time for a gig”, it’s not that. It’s simple stuff like “rimshots are a thing”, and “there’s a whole spectrum when it comes to beat placement, from inconsistent-and-not-great to consistent-and-great”, and “you can influence a band live in room with things in your playing and even eye contact, and you’re wasting an opportunity if you’re just staring down at your kit.
So I hope you’ll join me as we explore these and some other insights that I believe “veteran” drummers take for-granted, that beginners don’t necessarily know.
Know you’ll enjoy!