21 Apr
2008
21 Apr
'08
5:20 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:53:51PM +0200, Florian Schmidt wrote:
On Monday 21 April 2008, Atte André Jensen wrote:
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
Ken Restivo wrote:
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..
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 :-)