On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 08:40:13AM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Atte_Andr=E9_Jensen_ wrote: > Ken Restivo wrote: > > One of the reasons I can't play > > reggae convincingly is because I don't use the stuff; I can't imagine > > anyone being able to play "plink.... plink.... plink... plink" on the > > 2 and 4 for hours on end without it. :-) > > I play in a reggae band, and I don't use any "remedy". At least three > things are different from what you describe: > > 1) The bass-player is from Ghana and the drummer from Mozambique, and > those guys groove like something else... > > 2) You don't play "plink... plink" on 2 and 4 at all. You play tobacco > on 1-&, 2 and 2-&. I use a rhodes on "to" and "cco" and an hammond w > lesslie on "ba". Getting this groove right is not that easy... > > 3) They pay well :-) Wow, thanks for the explanation. I guess one of the reasons I've never been able to play it is because I didn't learn it right. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
