But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.
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I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.
Don't get too caught up in the typical ideas of what makes a good drummer. Those things are sort of unattainable, and they're not always creatively your most useful things to know.
I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.
I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.
When I write, I write the drum beat. Though sometimes I write on piano or guitar.
There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation and communication between musicians on an extremely high level with extremely valuable material, motifs, and melodies.
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
To have everything written for you... It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.