EarthRocker
Senior Member
Let me start this by saying that I'm not bragging, but I was blessed with a good sense of time. And I believe that practicing with a metronome has only sealed my ability to know where the 1 is, and make sure it falls in the same spot every time.
So why in God's name, do so many musicians in my area not want to follow the time I keep!?
It's something I've been noticing for a long time, but it seems like they other musicians expect me to keep time with them moving up and down in bpm over the song? I mean for the most part I'm a simple drummer. There's not a lot of flare in playing. So if you're not going to follow my time, what is the point in me being there?
I honestly don't think I'm being unreasonable here. For example: the band I was playing with up until last month was a three piece. Our guitarist sang as well. He done a fantastic job of keeping in time with me, but the bassist just seemed to do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
Have things of similar nature happened to any of you?
So why in God's name, do so many musicians in my area not want to follow the time I keep!?
It's something I've been noticing for a long time, but it seems like they other musicians expect me to keep time with them moving up and down in bpm over the song? I mean for the most part I'm a simple drummer. There's not a lot of flare in playing. So if you're not going to follow my time, what is the point in me being there?
I honestly don't think I'm being unreasonable here. For example: the band I was playing with up until last month was a three piece. Our guitarist sang as well. He done a fantastic job of keeping in time with me, but the bassist just seemed to do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
Have things of similar nature happened to any of you?