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I had a guy come over and jam last week and it was a good learning experience. He kinda mislead me on his playing style. he said he played a lot like James Hetfield from Metallica, so I thought great I can stick my simplistic driving style as Lars does, but no. He wanted me to mimic his riffs like Meshuggah. Well, what he was playing was really polyrhythmic. When I asked him what time signature it was in he said "I have no idea." So, it was pretty impossible for me to really follow what he was playing especially when he couldn't tell me what time signature he was using. Some things I did he liked, but it wasn't enough. I just said flat out, after struggling with one of his riffs, "I'm getting the feeling that this isn't gonna work." he agreed and just added that we were "worlds apart" in terms of style. He was playing some really cool stuff, he was really virtuosic and he sounded great, but it's beyond me in terms of style and technical ability. He was a nice guy though. He was really cool about the whole scenario, but it wouls become so much like work. I would be working for him and playing what he wanted me to play and listening to him tell me how to play along to a riff. Yeah, screw that. That was another deciding factor, but I didn't tell him that.
So, after this I told my Drum teacher, Demarcus, about it and we started go over music theory and are going into polyrhythms and I'm also working on everything else. Time, speed, and everything in between. But, I'm still drawn to a layed back style of drumming that provides a foundation and drives the song in a dancey kind of way. That way a guitar player can do anything with it and soar over top of it or be as crushing as the beat is.
In any event it was a humbling experience and I think I'm just going to retreat back a bit and just work on my playing for about 6 months to a year before I go ahead and give a band another shot.
So, after this I told my Drum teacher, Demarcus, about it and we started go over music theory and are going into polyrhythms and I'm also working on everything else. Time, speed, and everything in between. But, I'm still drawn to a layed back style of drumming that provides a foundation and drives the song in a dancey kind of way. That way a guitar player can do anything with it and soar over top of it or be as crushing as the beat is.
In any event it was a humbling experience and I think I'm just going to retreat back a bit and just work on my playing for about 6 months to a year before I go ahead and give a band another shot.