Music isn't about 'fun' and 'enjoyment', its about being able to pwn other people on the internet, with your encyclopedic knowledge and endless opinions on everything.
Dudes actually calling Ahmir a "mediocre drummer" need to get off that shit and recognize that dude is an amazingly talented drummer.
He's probably a real nice guy, sorry if he's your favorite drummer. I just haven't heard anything impressive drumwise from him except: Drum n bass pattern in Erykah badu/roots song, and Roots/Kool G Rap/Big daddy kane - Boom. Which is still pretty simple drumwise. I'm just not a big Roots fan though.
Ahmir can do all that Mike Clark stuff. But he's a celebrity drummer now and therefore asked to play with "The Big Names" but like, never hog the spotlight. You can get sacked for that...
Dudes actually calling Ahmir a "mediocre drummer" need to get off that shit and recognize that dude is an amazingly talented drummer.
He's probably a real nice guy, sorry if he's your favorite drummer. I just haven't heard anything impressive drumwise from him except: Drum n bass pattern in Erykah badu/roots song, and Roots/Kool G Rap/Big daddy kane - Boom. Which is still pretty simple drumwise. I'm just not a big Roots fan though.
- spidey
Definitely not my favorite drummer. That would (as of right now) be Harvey Mason.
But trust me. I've known dude for like 15 years. He's an ILL drummer.
I remember watching some kids at a DJ convention at GMEX in Manc, 15 or 16 years old, scratching over a loop, old-skool, and they were killing it. KILLING IT. They were just kids off the street but they had that funk.
Then later, "World Champion" DJ Pogo comes on with 3 decks and basically plate spins and does all epileptic abstract whack-a-mole shit, with no beat for context. It was clever, but it wasn't about scratching. It wasn't even musical or rhythmic, not even Jackson Pollock shit. It was just BORING.
If you could play twice as fast as Bernard Purdie, would that make you twice as good?
These same kids were in the crowd. I told them they were better than he was. They didn't need to get any "Cleverer", they already had it.
Plaeaease now to school me that John Coltranes last records were the best.
2)." Like how most Hairdressers have fucked up haircuts." I'm dying over here. I just saw a documentary on the world one channel about hair salons battle each other with talent shows. Dudes had mad post-larry blackmon hair-do's
3).
^^^^^^^^^
I met Buddy Rich a few years ago. Cool as shit, dressed real fly, and had a bangin' young "friend" with him.
jeezus h kryst. this thread sums up why im convinced half the people on this board don't even like good[/b] music.
travis barker drums like a orangutan having a seizure...[/b]
dont you guys know that good drummers barely move their arms and that all the power and control comes from the wrists? Shit, you can look at the footage with the sound off and know homeboy sucks.
I had a Peter Erskine video that I learnt drums from way back when, and I've always loved his style. He has that kinda 'quite storm', zen kinda thing going on, where everything he does is done in this laid back manner, but it hits so hard. He's definately one of my favourite drummers.
2)." Like how most Hairdressers have fucked up haircuts." I'm dying over here. I just saw a documentary on the world one channel about hair salons battle each other with talent shows. Dudes had mad post-larry blackmon hair-do's
3).
^^^^^^^^^
I met Buddy Rich a few years ago. Cool as shit, dressed real fly, and had a bangin' young "friend" with him.
My first drum teacher, eons ago, said it all when he quoted Buddy Rich:
"It's not what you play, it's what you DON'T play, that counts."
Rich may have been an ugly, crazy motherf*cker (I love those tour bus rants at his band), but he was an amazing drummer, and his rudimental drum method (I don't know if it's even in print these days) is THE basic teaching method. SOLID[/b] basics.
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Cosmo is a toy.
straight up and down.
Thank you.
^^^ underrated post
Travis Parker Soulja Boy Remix
Not my kinda thing but I don't know too much about drumming
He's probably a real nice guy, sorry if he's your favorite drummer. I just haven't heard anything impressive drumwise from him except: Drum n bass pattern in Erykah badu/roots song, and Roots/Kool G Rap/Big daddy kane - Boom. Which is still pretty simple drumwise. I'm just not a big Roots fan though.
- spidey
Definitely not my favorite drummer. That would (as of right now) be Harvey Mason.
But trust me. I've known dude for like 15 years. He's an ILL drummer.
I remember watching some kids at a DJ convention at GMEX in Manc, 15 or 16 years old, scratching over a loop, old-skool, and they were killing it. KILLING IT. They were just kids off the street but they had that funk.
Then later, "World Champion" DJ Pogo comes on with 3 decks and basically plate spins and does all epileptic abstract whack-a-mole shit, with no beat for context. It was clever, but it wasn't about scratching. It wasn't even musical or rhythmic, not even Jackson Pollock shit. It was just BORING.
If you could play twice as fast as Bernard Purdie, would that make you twice as good?
These same kids were in the crowd. I told them they were better than he was. They didn't need to get any "Cleverer", they already had it.
Plaeaease now to school me that John Coltranes last records were the best.
2)." Like how most Hairdressers have fucked up haircuts." I'm dying over here. I just saw a documentary on the world one channel about hair salons battle each other with talent shows. Dudes had mad post-larry blackmon hair-do's
3).
^^^^^^^^^
I met Buddy Rich a few years ago. Cool as shit, dressed real fly, and had a bangin' young "friend" with him.
QUIETLY
travis barker, questlove, and souljah boy pwn all you hateurs.
you guys are worse than ricci rucker...
yea, i have no clue if these guys are good or just fast, but i think drumming solos are probably better in small doses. ouch, my ears.
My first drum teacher, eons ago, said it all when he quoted Buddy Rich:
"It's not what you play, it's what you DON'T play, that counts."
Rich may have been an ugly, crazy motherf*cker (I love those tour bus rants at his band), but he was an amazing drummer, and his rudimental drum method (I don't know if it's even in print these days) is THE basic teaching method. SOLID[/b] basics.