i need.. GROOVE!

makanudo · #1 02-25-2009, 08:27 PM

so yeah i jam occasionally with this good friend of mine, a good drummer, and he likes playing entertaining stuff, not the classic you know hi hat snare kick repeat 10million times, so yeah i feel like i bore him because as hard as i try i just cant come up with a decent groove for him to work on, any advice?

PS: not sure if this goes here but oh well,move if needed

makanudo · #2 02-25-2009, 11:44 PM

wow no repllies=(

**Pacman** · #3 02-26-2009, 12:21 AM

Advice?

Sure - post so that we can understand what you're asking.

z6e9n · #4 02-26-2009, 06:08 AM

Learn some simple grooves in 5/8 and 7/8. I used to play drums and my bass player would play in whatever time he felt like at the time(he listened to alot of Tool and he did some weird stuff). We had a blast. You don't have to do anything crazy note wise. Just challenge him rhythmically. In Victor Wooten's video he plays a mad groove with just one note. Dream Theater is good one to listen to to get the 5/8 and 7/8 feels in your head. BTW Band in a box has alot of odd time styles that you can play around with. You can set up a song with one chord and groove away. Hope that helps. Good Luck.

Absentia · #5 02-26-2009, 07:16 AM

Buy a metronome first thing.
good way to start IMO is to listen to the drums, the rhythm, and the different sounds they make. Start with a root note play it to work out the rhythm with the bass drum. Then add more notes out of a chord or scale to compliment the other parts. Start slow, less is more. Don't start shredding all over the place cause then you'll fall all over yourself.

Listen to how the music makes you feel and the movement of it.

Say your drummer plays a simple 4/4 beat
play 4 notes in time with a root note

then say he adds a snare or cymbal crash on the 4th beat,
play three notes and play 4 fourth on the higher octave.
understand? stop me if I'm not making sense.

**DeanT** · #6 02-26-2009, 09:45 AM

Posting in the correct forum might help.

makanudo · #7 02-26-2009, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absentia

Buy a metronome first thing.
good way to start IMO is to listen to the drums, the rhythm, and the different sounds they make. Start with a root note play it to work out the rhythm with the bass drum. Then add more notes out of a chord or scale to compliment the other parts. Start slow, less is more. Don't start shredding all over the place cause then you'll fall all over yourself.

Listen to how the music makes you feel and the movement of it.

Say your drummer plays a simple 4/4 beat
play 4 notes in time with a root note

then say he adds a snare or cymbal crash on the 4th beat,
play three notes and play 4 fourth on the higher octave.
understand? stop me if I'm not making sense.

yeah i understand for example some slaaps and then pop the octave, i get it, thanks everyone=)