rogue_drummer
Gold Member
Never fails, singers take too much liberry with the tempo and either drag or rush. In this case 4 singers d r u g the tempo off the charts. So much so that a couple complained to my wife after worship service that I played well and they like hearing me play but I "...was playing too fast and not in sync with the singers."
Fortunately my better half knows about drums and drumming and enough about music and tempo to tell this couple the singers were dragging the songs.
Their response: "Oh, well we always go with what the singers do."
Frightening.
Too funny expet it's true. Most, if not all, of the rhythm section turns down the singers and choir in their Aviom personal mixers just for this very reason - they alter the tempos of the songs. Maybe 1 or 2 singers are accomplished enough to really know what they are doing and can pull it off and meet back up with the normal tempo after their unique phrasing. Most don't even realize they are dragging or rushing a song, or maybe not even feel the tempo.
Fortunately my better half knows about drums and drumming and enough about music and tempo to tell this couple the singers were dragging the songs.
Their response: "Oh, well we always go with what the singers do."
Frightening.
Too funny expet it's true. Most, if not all, of the rhythm section turns down the singers and choir in their Aviom personal mixers just for this very reason - they alter the tempos of the songs. Maybe 1 or 2 singers are accomplished enough to really know what they are doing and can pull it off and meet back up with the normal tempo after their unique phrasing. Most don't even realize they are dragging or rushing a song, or maybe not even feel the tempo.