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so there's an example of how a drummer
serves themselves rather than serving
the music
today's tip how to be a professional
drummer there's a difference between
serving the music and serving yourself
there's a misconception on my video on
YouTube on how to tell a good drummer
and a bad drummer that playing less
notes means you're a good drummer or
playing more notes means you are bad
drummer no that's not what I mean what I
mean is that you serve the music to is
John rrah
if you're playing metal music then you
bring out all those metal chops if
you're playing prop music you bling
bring out the progressive chops if
you're playing The Beatles you play The
Beatles chops if you're playing country
music you play the country chops if
you're playing pop music you play the
pop chops you know guys seriously serve
the music - its John rrah so I'm gonna
play the music without the drums and
just just to let you guys listen to
what's happening
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okay so what's happening there there is
a there kind of thing happening but what
I would like to do is to keep it simple
in songs like that just keep it straight
give the pulse give the tempo and just
lock in with the groove so what I did
was just keeping it so that's how this
groove fits in
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so that's what I would do in a chorus as
well I will listen to out for the same
thing and apply the same concept to the
chorus okay so this how I would play the
chorus
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what I just played on they're very
simple straightforward I kept it simple
as surf the music rather than myself
okay so if you find if you find yourself
maybe being a bit too over-the-top tone
it down a bit
keep it simple first approach the song -
it's a call the tools and the force keep
it very simple then maybe after that
you're gonna add something you can build
upon that build the foundation build
upon that and if you find that that is
just enough do not try to pick something
that it's not broken
just keep it so that's the tip for today
keep it simple serve the music not
yourself be that experienced drummer
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