monthly drum challenge?

[liv_rong]

I didnt even know we were doing this lol! I didnt. All I have is a really shitty(recording and sloppy) take I recorded just to hear some ideas, this was my favorite of them but never did it proper.

Ill give yours a listen later at work Miner.

[Minerman]

I didnt even know we were doing this lol! I didnt. All I have is a really shitty(recording and sloppy) take I recorded just to hear some ideas, this was my favorite of them but never did it proper.

Ill give yours a listen later at work Miner.

Just to be honest, I'd forgotten about it...I saw the Rebel Drum Challenge folder on my desktop, opened to investigate & there it was...What's on this drum-wise was just what I played yesterday that I thought "fit"...I'm sure one of you more technical drummers could do some super little beats/fills, but I'm just a simple-simon guy...

[liv_rong]

That sounds great dude! You are pretty tight as usual. Much more so than me. I like what you did with it!

[Minerman]

That sounds great dude! You are pretty tight as usual. Much more so than me. I like what you did with it!

Thanks dude, it's just simple stuff, I'm not a technical player at all like some of you guys...

Your version sounds pretty good, I could tell it was a scratch/rough track though, I'm sure you could polish it up pretty easily though, you're a good drummer...

Thanks again!!!

[liv_rong]

Anyone interested in doing one? I found a shit load of decent ones.

[Greg_L]

Anyone interested in doing one? I found a shit load of decent ones.

Whaddaya mean? Found decent what?

[liv_rong]

Anyone interested in doing one? I found a shit load of decent ones.

Whaddaya mean? Found decent what?

Decent drumless tracks. All well produced though kind of cheesey for each genre.

[Greg_L]

Decent drumless tracks. All well produced though kind of cheesey for each genre.

I might try one this time. My drumming has gotten worse.

[liv_rong]

How about any of these? Or take a look though this page and find something you like.

[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IauP4N_dh74[/BBvideo]

[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zCmQhOiGrs[/BBvideo]

[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xrMJQSXTU[/BBvideo]

[Minerman]

Anyone interested in doing one? I found a shit load of decent ones.

Throw something up man, & I'll give it a shot...

[liv_rong]

Anyone up for one of these? I found one that seems challenging but will bring me back to trying again lol.

[WhiskeyJack]

I would if i were a drumber. But i am not. Just a programmer.

[paulman]

Anyone up for one of these? I found one that seems challenging but will bring me back to trying again lol.

I'm down. Or up. Whatever. I'm interested.

[liv_rong]

This would be it:

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[paulman]

This would be it:

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Jesus Christ. Ok. I think I can do it.

[Tadpui]

That's probably over my head, but I'll fiddle around with it and see if I can play anything remotely coherent. I do like how they count it out for dummies like me, although I think that the 7/8 part will make my brain melt and I might lose consciousness through parts of it.

[liv_rong]

Lol I can’t do this but I’m going to try. Thing is with odd times is it doesn’t have to be perfectly syncopated, just semi-coherent . It

[Tadpui]

Well I tried it. And now I think that I need therapy. Sevens just don't come at all naturally to me, I can't even make it 2 bars into that part without going into total free jazz mode.

I'll keep trying though, as soon as my therapist calls me back

[Tadpui]

I just caught myself staring into the middle distance, trying to count in cycles of 7. It's still not happening. A few of the comments below the video suggest different ways to count it, and those have helped. It's still impossible to avoid occasionally wanting that 8th beat to happen and then I'm screwed.

I think that a lot of my struggle is the tempo. It's pretty brisk, and my non-drummer brain is stuck about a full second in the past through everything. I can't negotiate the time and feel changes in real-time.

This has been a fun exercise so far, and it's gotten me off of my butt to play some drums. Wait...I play drums sitting down...so I guess it's gotten me right back on my butt to play some drums. I'll play through it more over the next few nights. But I highly doubt that I'll end up with anything worth presenting before the heat death of the universe or carpal tunnel syndrome sets in.

[liv_rong]

I am not going to do the whole thing, once through will be enough. Then it just repeats anyways.

I don’t count when I play, in fact I haven’t even watched the video. It is a challenge though for sure. I’m just trying to concentrate on the bass and the kick and going from there. I have most of my parts but it’s very sloppy. Every night I just play through 3 or so times with a few restarts lol.