Finding a zone, which means a tonal zone,
a tempo zone, like you can say a cushion or bed, and then finding it, and then staying
with it too. Being creative in the zone. Let's say the first zone is the snare drum
zone, primarily. Maybe I'll use a little bass drum, hihat,
but snare, and I want to see what I can get out of that snare. Another thing that I wanted to talk about
is, and it relates to zones, is the different textures you can create. Sounds. One hand and a stick. Inspiration can be anywhere in life for something
musical, drumnistic. For example, one of my inspirations was skipped
records, and back in the day if my parents or some adult was around, and they'd hear
a skipped record, they'd say oh fix that, and I'd say, no no no no, let me groove with
that for a while.
Tubes. I cut them different lengths so they get different
pitch. Rhythm is infinite, it's good to understand
that. People get hung up, does this guy swing, or
that guy swing? Swing is one rhythm of a million. When it's done well, it's great. When it's done not so well, it's not so great,
and that's true of any rhythm..