Band falling apart

bowlfreshener · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:46 am

These days a lot of people starting out on drums are confused about the purpose of what they are supposed to do...They are just supposed to keep a beat...But thanks to drummers like Joey from Slipknot and Vinnie Paul from Pantera, many kids get distracted by all the fills, accents, flash, and sizzle, not realizing that if you took that all away, there is still an underlying beat to it all...They think that every single beat has to be memorable, but the beat is not the song, unless its hip hop...The Ramones and the Misfits are 2 perfect examples of bands where the drummer probably plays pretty much the same exact thing at least 50-75% of the time on ALL their songs, but its how everything comes together that matters...Now there are songs that are famous for the beat, like Kashmir, by Led Zepplin, but sometimes people who are new to drumming forget that its mainly about the rhythm first...new beats come with time and practice, but not every song needs a "new off the hook, never before heard of" beat...

radio_friendly_unit_shifter · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:53 pm

cvilleira wrote:

rileytheguitarist wrote:

The drummer is my best friend, and whenever we're practicing he says,"no, I aint good enough", and just sits on the seat of the drum kit while I play riffs. We haven't even learned one song together and we've been at this for about 6 weeks. He says my songs are awesome and he's willing to play them on drum, but when we're practicing I say, "Try to figure out a cool beat for that part", he always refuses cause he claims his not good enough. I get on the drum kit and figure out a simpple beat that he could play with sinch, when I show him he says, "Alright I'll try it", gets on it, one shot and says, "I cant do it".
I really wanna be in a band, but theres no one else I know to jam/ptactice with, and I'm about to say, "our band isn't working out". What should I do?

This is a ridiculous statement to start with!! Why would a kid playing a drum along with another kid playing guitar say I am not good enough to play with you???? There some kind of self esteem problem there? For the Drummer to have a guitar player friend show him how to do a lick then try it an not be able to do it is no drummer. Especially if the guitar player can do it better and he is not a drummer.

When we're in year 8 concert band, he plays awesome, very cool beats, that I couldn't do by a long shot, I think he just compares himself to people that've been playing all there life.

And to the rest of the people that have posted in this topic:Thanks for the ideas, really apreciate it

Floyd_The_Barber · **Posted:** Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:31 pm

hang out at local music store (preferably one that gives lessons) and find a new guy.... thats how me and dan found a bassist

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