Re: Looping with other musicians, new tools=new results

[Greg House <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>]

--- max valentino <ekstasis1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In regards to time, sync and drummers:  Since when is it the drummer’s 
>or 
> bassist’s responsibility to keep time/tempo for others?  One thing I 
>stress 
> in bands for which I play (and usually in a role of MD), as well as to 
>my 
> students, is that it is NOT the role of the rhythm section to “keep” 
>time 
> and/or tempo for the other players.  That is an individual 
>responsibility of 
> each player, and if you cannot manage this elementary discipline then 
>you 
> are really not ready to “play”.

Very well said! I was thinking the same thing myself. If you play in a 
group, you
need to LISTEN to what's going on. There won't be time drift if everyone's
listening and not just wanking away on their own.

Greg


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