True to the vision for the Worship Drums and the groove of it. Just being in communication player is doing something a little different and
Bass section in the magazine we thought it with the drummer, not being afraid to be like, we don’t quite sync up, I might change what
would be fun to do a combined Worship Drum “Hey, what are you playing here? Do you do I’m doing to match what he’s playing, or vice
+ Bass Talk this month. Whether you’re just something different?” I feel like that’s always versa. The communication is the number one
starting out or are a seasoned professional, worked out for me, just getting familiar with thing, but on a deeper level of communication
Garrett and David’s insights are nothing short talking to the band. is getting to where you don’t have to even talk
of awesome, so please share them with all the
about it. You can just kind of watch each other
drum and bass players on your team – I and [Garret P. Tyler] Yeah, I agree with that. And and musically communicate on the level that,
they will thank you for it! to tack onto that I would say, maybe sometimes “I’m hearing that David is playing this thing on
(like in church for instance), you show up on the bass during the chorus, I should maybe
[WM] When you’re starting out playing Sunday morning and your rehearsal is the add a kick or drop a kick to emphasize what
with other musicians, what are some of the morning of church, and through the week he’s doing.”
important first steps you’d suggest taking? you have all been learning the songs on your own. But not all the time does everyone come [WM] As a utility player, when I play bass
[David Curran] I think communication is in Sunday morning having learned the songs I always try to stand where I can see the
always the most important thing. I learned very exactly how the record was. Most of the time drummer’s kick pedal. What do you do when
quickly, even when I was doing auditions for everyone has their own interpretation of the you have a bass player who is totally unaware
Elevation, that some of these guys who were rhythms or what exactly you’re going to be of the kick pattern and just kind of marching to
great in the audition were not great in the band playing. ‘their own drummer’?
playing by themselves, and then when you So a lot of times what I like to do is watch the [David] You just gotta throw your sticks at
throw them in a band with a drummer, they learn bass players hands. Say I’m playing a pattern him! (Laughs)
the notes but they don’t know the rhythm and that is exactly from the record and the bass
setting. Because the audition was just them
February 2019
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