Members GAS Man Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 Now I'm a home hobbyist so I lack the usual audience to tell me I suck, but while knowing I'm certainly no pro, I thought I at least had an excellent internal sense of rhythm tempo. So I was playing around with my Digitech JamMan last week making a couple pretty long loops. In both case I discovered that when the loop came back around to the beginning, the tempo was slower at the beginning of the loop. Pretty dang noticeable when it starts back over at point A. So I apparently have a nature to speed up as I play along. So there goes one of my few self accolades, and I'm now sentenced to metronome purgatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brandass Posted April 30, 2009 Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 Yeah, there's really nothing that beats a recording/sample to hold up the mirror. I loop for rhythm practice all the time, definitely helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Isn't that what we have drummers for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Isn't that what we have drummers for? If you can't keep up with a metronome in practice, you won't be any better with a drummer.Metronome for the win.Eats less, shuts up when not playing.Doesn't try to steal your wife/gf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonK Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Isn't that what we have drummers for? Yeah, but most of the ones I know have a tendency to speed up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 jamman has a built-in click. time to turn it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 D4W7oZBhAJg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted May 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 jamman has a built-in click. time to turn it up!Yeah, I hated that click. Had to get the manual out to figure out how to turn it off. Now I have to get it out to turn it back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 You has da mojo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonK Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 If you can't keep up with a metronome in practice, you won't be any better with a drummer. Metronome for the win. Eats less, shuts up when not playing. Doesn't try to steal your wife/gf. And doesn't come to rehearsal late or play over the whole band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aschreiber2010 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 Isn't that what we have drummers for? no, we have drummers to bitch and complain and further the process of getting nothing done...:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 the drummer in my band usually brings his electric drums to practice for convenience and he has a plethora of click tracks. the one we like the best is the Asian lady screams at you in time while you play. really funny. but also extremely challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 1, 2009 Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 I think that players who started out playing acoustic guitars doing Neil Young and Jackson Browne covers learn rhythm. I did it for 20 years, 4 nights a week, 4 hours a night. The audience will forgive a flat note or a missed chord, but they have no patience for players who can't keep a rock steady rhythm. Take your lessons from Neil Young. He's spent so much time on his D45 in front of audiences all over the world. His songs are simple on the surface, but when you dig down to what he's doing, there are a lot of complex rhythmic nuances happening. Oh, and your first lesson should be to play the broom along with "Harvest Moon." If you can do that, you're half way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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