As I had mentioned in the last post, this time around we are going to get into some deep thinking with the help of Gavin Harrison and his CPU theory. I recently stumbled upon this incredible drummer though Drumeo, an online drum channel that offers lessons and has tons of free resources.
https://youtu.be/woI6t8dCQcQ?si=r5yddF8yXKBudgju
Gavin’s thinking in this video puts into words what I had discovered (eventually) over the 40 years of my career in music.
Which is:
If you are playing so intensely that you can’t self analyze (and correct) your own playing, or truly listen and react to the other musicians around you, you need to back off. Once you have this concept in mind and learn to apply it you will be much more in control of everything you do. It is important have time to look around and smile instead of staring at your snare drum like a transfixed cobra.
In the video you might have noticed those little chime-like cymbals that Gavin has on his left.
Seeing and hearing those inspired me to cut down broken and cracked cymbals that otherwise had no use left in them; throw-aways for most drummers. I use them in a set of five - similar to his - and I also use them individually on top of crash cymbals, flipped upside down. Although discordant sounding, they are great for those little accents between stuff.
* My next post has a short video of me in the workshop demonstrating the rig I created for cutting down broken cymbals safely and easily.
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