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by SockCymbal » Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:15 pm
Beauford - i mostly agree with you, although you aren't taking what i was playing into context. yes, there were no breathers, and it was not in completely standard 4/4 time. however, i played that drum solo in a competition, where the judges wanted to hear what i could do. they didn't want to hear what i couldnt do. they gave everyone a specific amount of time to play within. you've got to take that into context. on top of that, it was live. and on top of that, i was only 15 years old. Gaining wisdom on an instrument, and knowing what to do and what no to do comes with experience. I was only 15, and had really only been playing 3.5-4 years. I'm 19 now, and if i recorded a solo today, it would sound a lot different, i can assure you. I have a solo recorded in my basement studio from when i was 15 also, and i gurantee you wouldn't be able to say the things about this live one about this one. Why? because when I was simply recording it for what I wanted, and not the judges, so there were PLENTLY of breathers in there.
another thing...about tempo/time....when playing a drum solo, personally, i do not like to keep a simple 8th or 16th note or whatever beat on the high hat just to keep time. that is really really boring and simpleminded. when soloing, you aren't playing a song. but that doesn't mean you time can be erratic. as many times as ive listed to this live solo, i always knew where 1 was. where in the rules does it say you cannot speed up or slow down? as long as you do so tastefully, its fine. there is not a "format" for playing soloes...and that goes for any instrument.
so bear those things in mind. #1, i don't care how long you've been playing, thats not an indicator of anything. #2, the purpose was to let it all out for the judges in the alloted time frame, and #3, i was only 15 years old, and #4, calm down.
