a) it will make your techinique better b) you will learn A LOT about dynamics giving you awesome control of the instrument. I kinda take pride of myself for being able to "dose" how much volume I give to each of my limbs when I play...that came from studying jazz drums c) if you do get in...

There´s plenty of successful drummers that can´t play jazz cough Neil cough :mrgreen: I would say, pursuit your passion... If you love big rock drums, no reason to torture yourself with music that you don´t care for... You could still work on the classic books (Reed, Chapin, Riley) to gain more con...

Hello all! They say if you can play jazz you can play everything. Not sure how scientifically sound this expression is but I guess there is something to it. It definitely teaches you independence and develops your improvisational skills. But how about if I want to get those skills, but don't really ...

The Drum Alchemist

Cymbalfeltfetishist wrote:oh oh oh ...did you see he didn't go to the hihat at the right time at 0:36 ????? what is he DOING????

He must have been thinking "Will they do a re-run of Alf"?

Henry II wrote:Shrek in drag?

Still don't get it...

Nice, thanks for the link. That I think raises an important question. Where does your brain have to be in term of concentration on the way between your instrument and the overall context of the song? You can't drift too far away from playing drums because you have to control what you play, but accor...

LindaDavis wrote:

DSOP wrote:I miss Shrek's posts.

he will be happy, to hear this.
unfortunately, its not allowed for him, to post here anymore.
but I'am his sister and from time to time, I can try to formulate his thoughts - if it's allowed.

What's the deal with that, if you dont mind me asking...?

I. Love. This. Thanks.

This is what annoys me. Ever musician could create groundbreaking music on drugs. Frusciante, Aphex Twin, Led Zeppelins, I wonder if they hadn't sniffed would they have created what they did? Try to make music and stay clean, that's an art. This is not to diminish their achievements but I just have ...