If you play in a cover or tribute band, how much effort do you put into playing accurate parts?
Do you diligently transcribe everything and play it note for note down to ghost notes?
Do you shoot for the general vibe of the song, play the main groove and important fills, and forget about the throw away licks?
Or are you the Eric Cartman of drums and do what you want?
For me, I fall mostly into the second category. The exceptions depend on how important the drums are to the song and how much I respect the original drummer. Don't Stop Believing and My Sharona are category 1 songs for me. Anything like Sweet Home Alabama or Talk Dirty to Me gets the Cartman treatment.
Do you diligently transcribe everything and play it note for note down to ghost notes?
Do you shoot for the general vibe of the song, play the main groove and important fills, and forget about the throw away licks?
Or are you the Eric Cartman of drums and do what you want?
For me, I fall mostly into the second category. The exceptions depend on how important the drums are to the song and how much I respect the original drummer. Don't Stop Believing and My Sharona are category 1 songs for me. Anything like Sweet Home Alabama or Talk Dirty to Me gets the Cartman treatment.