New Tricks
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To those of you that have done this, my question is, how can you possibly stick with the click if other members of the band, especially the bass player, were struggling against you?
Sometimes I will try to stay firm but, if they aren't cooperating after about ten seconds, my tendency is to bail on the click and join the tempo that is being forced upon me. I do have the capability to switch the click on/off and sometimes I have to resort to that.
Do you play the click thru the entire song or do you reset it if it goes askew a bit?
Maybe the players I have been playing with are just not accustomed to following the drummer?
I do realize how difficult it is to be 100% on tempo, especially while singing/playing and at chorus/bridge changes. I was just curious how click drummers deal with that part of the job.
Sometimes I will try to stay firm but, if they aren't cooperating after about ten seconds, my tendency is to bail on the click and join the tempo that is being forced upon me. I do have the capability to switch the click on/off and sometimes I have to resort to that.
Do you play the click thru the entire song or do you reset it if it goes askew a bit?
Maybe the players I have been playing with are just not accustomed to following the drummer?
I do realize how difficult it is to be 100% on tempo, especially while singing/playing and at chorus/bridge changes. I was just curious how click drummers deal with that part of the job.
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