Now those tips were golden nuggets. I am wondering is this the secret behind when they say a drummer has a swing feel? I find most straight on beats very boring after awhile that some drummers play while other drummers can play the same beat and it sounds very fresh and interesting. Is this the secret as well or do you have tips for that and a demonstration? Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin is a case in point. I have seen many cover bands do it and the beat seems too on the nose or something where as the original is so exciting and vibrant. Thanks from Canada!!!!
That practice pad looks like it fell off the back of a truck on a freeway and continued to fall down a mountain. Shows just how committed you are to your craft, Mr. Wackerman. Inspiring
Surprising how steep the learning curve gets just by moving the pattern by a 16th note. It's like I'm stuck between trying to play by feel and trying to both listen to and ignore the metronome. Pretty awesome exercise, though. Difficult means progress.
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Great work, nice example also for my Students, thanks for sharing !!
I saw Zappa back in 1981 and Wackerman was the drummer. He made me dizzy watching him. By the time I figured out what he had done, he was on the other side of his drumkit doing something else!
Wackerman (the greatest name for a drummer EVAR) is one of my faves. Only Vinnie Colaiuta rivals him with Holdsworth. I'm an avant progger / math music fanatic. Borislav Petrov does a great modern drum kit groove on a Bulgarian horo in 13/16. Tatsuya Yoshida, another all-time fave, eats 7 for breakfast.
As a drummer, I watched him play ages ago with Alan Holdsworth and he was the first drummer where I couldn't comprehend The musical complexity of what he was doing! He's been an inspiration for my playing ever since. A truly outstanding musical drummer with amazing abilities and an individual style. Thanks Chad!
This is why, after a little better than 30 years, off and on, playing drums, do I tell people that I "dabble". I've held my own in original and cover bands, and can mostly track the tempo, but this talk of "he always comes back on the 1" does not process in my head. I know that music is essentially math, but one of the things I've been trying to figure out over the last couple years, is where does the count originate, or start, in a song, or in this case, the solo????
Chad is the master of silence! He really knows how to bring power and excitement to his solos, with his keen since of when to put some air around phrases.
As a fellow drummer, Much respect! I was in the service in the early 80's, First time I heard about you, was when I saw you on the cover of Modern Drummer... Saw Frank in 78 But; with Bozzio...Frank's albums, post you're joining are some of my favorites. Love Man From Utopia! Bozzio's "the drummers of FZ" was the first time I heard you speak...Your story about going to Franks house and Steve Vai opening the door was hilarious...Salute to you! Good health and happiness to you and yours.
Chad did a master class for my high school when I was a kid and it was like a religious experience! So lucky to se the him as a young man and what an influential person!
Chad Wackerman, without question, is one of the best to have ever sat behind a drum kit. Excellence, creativity, syncopation, timing, phrasing, space, feeling, groove, polyrhythmic complexity, technique . . . the whole package . . .
