Hey Drake, great video! In a future video could you please chat a bit about what books you used when you were starting out to develop your great comping style and your jazz playing in general. Thanks so much!
my teacher always tells me to put ALL of my focus on the ride and hihat. if that isn't tight, the rest loses importance. it's the bread and butter that gets overlooked easily, or we think that we are grooving/swinging when actually we're not that much. listening to the ride and making sure it really swings helped me a lot especially wit comping tastefully and with space since it takes away lot's of your CPU. Maybe that helps. anyway cool video and you're also cool! always nice to see jazz drumming. ✌️
@@drakeondrums thank you man. In the last video you posted, your solo is melodic, so as this one. And I wondered if you were following some melodies. Now I know, thank you again for answering me.
Not sure if eliminating the ride cymbal is helping you. I would just practice it with the right hand ride so that the volume of each limb can be played in balance. That snare drum could be played much quieter. Comping is easier when there a person to compliment, such as your pianist.
Hello brother, yes I am playing with higher volume in this video. I also practice with a wide range of dynamic. I used to think that comping should be quite too but after I saw this video it kind of changed my perspective. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8MABtF4pP3Q.htmlsi=2a1wUkffpGm3X3O_
@@drakeondrums I don't know Drake. Maybe in a big band setting it is okay but in a trio rhythm section that snare has to be quieter than the ride in my opinion. I've watched Quincy's new video and when he plays a bit of each, the louder comping sounds worse to me.
