Timeline for Drummer: Follow Bassist, Guitarist, or Lead
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| Nov 20, 2019 at 10:50 | comment | added | PeterJ | Charlie Watts follows Keith so you're in good company. They reckon it explains much of the feel of the band,. | |
| Nov 20, 2019 at 7:49 | answer | added | Davo | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 5, 2018 at 19:50 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | Jason P Sallinger | Thanks, Todd. I guess the original reason I asked the question was because early in my 'career', my drumming almost always ignored the bassist. I've since adjusted for this. It's all about sensing the direction of the whole band. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 14:41 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | A drummer would annoy me more if they did follow the bassist, unless everyone were on the same page that the bassist had the best timing and tempo sense of anyone in the band. Normally I prefer the drummer be that person, and that more or less everyone follows the drummer. The "less" being when there should be emotive tempo or timing variation driven by the singer or some other instrument - perhaps in an intro or bridge or solo. | |
| Jan 11, 2016 at 13:58 | answer | added | mellotrondon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 20:09 | vote | accept | Jason P Sallinger | ||
| Oct 28, 2014 at 16:34 | comment | added | ThunderToes | I think the structure of a song and the time keeping is a team effort I find myself in certain places following everyone at different times. its just what clicks to me that "Oh now I should be playing this riff" and so on.. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 10:44 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMusic/status/526323427217387521 | ||
| Oct 26, 2014 at 10:25 | comment | added | Meaningful Username | As long as the drummer is not following me (I play guitar), I'm happy. I'm relying on that dude for driving the song along and keeping the tempo... | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 10:16 | answer | added | user15036 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 9:46 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 7 | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 1:33 | comment | added | trw | The players in the rhythm section should listen to each other. When I play guitar in a rock band setting. I listen to the drummer for the clock, the bass for the feel/groove, myself to make sure I'm not screwing up, and the vocalist for cues as to where in the song we are. | |
| Oct 26, 2014 at 1:21 | history | asked | Jason P Sallinger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |