- little about myself
- little about yourself
It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. - Miles Davis
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four. - Miles Davis
In music, silence is more important than sound. - Miles Davis
- miles learned early on that he didn't have the chops of people like coltrane
- he made his signature sound by searching for the correct note to play
- rings true to me
- i'm always wondering what is the correct thing to play
- not coolest
- not fastest
- correctest
- practice with the song
- practice without the song with a metronome
- know the song
- make changes obvious
- lead the other musicians with your playing
- don't play when you don't need to
- pay attention to the bass player
- pay attention to the leader
- pay attention to the room (worship)
Don’t play everything (or everytime); let some things go by. Some music just imagined. - Monk
What you don’t play can be more important than what you do play. - Monk
- practice keeping time
- practice creating dynamics and making transitions without playing fills
- only add in fills that make sense (create dynamics, add to basic groove)
- DEMO (basic HH to basic ride)
- sometimes best loud beat is simple power beat
- make sure you aren't playing more notes instead of playing with more dynamic
- DEMO (power beat, too many notes)
- we all come from different skill levels
- when learning a song, know what you can and can't execute well
- can't sacrifice tempo and dynamics for coolness
- tempo and dynamics are two things the audience will know aren't correct
- DEMO (32s snare)
- we all want to have a unique sound
- do it within the confines of the song, and not at the expense of the song
- in this case, worship leader
- learn how to read their body language
- unique ways to build the song (stock build, cymbal build, staggered build)
- new beats