you a bit, the three of us come from a player
style world. So definitely when you’re playing
with an artist and serving what the song needs,
rather than what you want to portray on it is the
number one thing.
One of the biggest complements I ever got was
this past Christmas, I was doing this Christmas
tour with Christie Nockels. And the music is
definitely not meant to showcase how awesome
I am as a drummer, some would say because
it’s so simple. But I finished one of the concerts
and this musician came up to me and was like,
“Man, I know this if going to sound weird, but
you should take it as a big compliment: Never
once did the drums gain my attention, because
I felt like everything you did served what the
song needs, and it was almost like you weren’t
there in a way.” I feel like if you’re doing your
job right in a setting where there are vocals,
everything you do should be to compliment
what the vocals in the song needs.
[David] Yeah, and I think you do a great job
with that too, transitioning from the different gigs
you have, whether that’s playing with Christie,
or Local Sound, or R.LUM.R. The way the
drums serve the song are in three completely
different ways. Like the way you play drums for
Christie is not the same way that you might play
for R.LUM.R. But what you’re doing is a switch,
like what does that mean in this context during
a song, what does that mean for this setting.
Being able to switch gears like that is where
you start to become a musician that shines
above the rest. I think that just because you
can, doesn’t mean you should. And there are
so many guys that just want to put their mark
[David] I think you can make any song sound already good enough. I think a lot of musicians on the song. It’s not about putting your mark
good just by playing the notes and wrapping think that if they just do that it’s not going to on the song, it’s about serving it to whatever
in with the drums. I mentioned it earlier, but I show how good they are. They want to be able capacity that might be.
think it goes without saying, that is honestly to bring something that no one else can bring, all you have to do. Tom Petty’s songs are the and it’s like, you might get gigs because you’re [WM] Regardless of genre, who are some of
most basic songs for a bass player to play, but the one guy at the audition who just played the the rhythm section aces people should listen
they are perfect in the sense that they are just song and didn’t try and show off. to and why?
Tom’s melodies, just laying a bed so everything [Garret] I definitely agree, like David, you are [Garret] Not only are they kingpins of their
can sit on top. I think going into any setting a player, you can ‘go off’ in a song. But that’s selective areas, but one of the greatest bass and
knowing that, that’s all you have to do, and it’s not what it naturally calls for. And chatting with drum duos, is Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino.
supporting the vocals, they’re just supporting
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