On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:53:51PM +0200, Florian Schmidt wrote: > On Monday 21 April 2008, Atte André 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 :-) > > I played guitar in some reggae combos. It's actually fun to play the 2 and 4 > for hours on ends.. I can get pretty meditative.. And you really get to hear > when you're ahead or behind just a tad. Usually there's another instrument > though which can do the 2 and 4 thing, too (guitar piano, etc), so one can > sometimes trade the more interesting parts.. > Yep. Here's like 5 guys all playing the same bubble on the upbeats, at the exact same time, and somehow nailing it every time: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3VRGANguGQE I found that impressive. But James Brown, George Clinton, and Prince resonates more than Bob Marley does with my metabolism. I guess anything will do for rhythm practicing though, as long as you feel it and can get locked into the groove. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
