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To be honest in my experience it would be a bonus if the worship leader spent as much time working out the Bpm and the time signature I.e 4/4, 7/8 etc as they do the key
I once playing drums for this church and it was weird how the worship leader described my parts. One of the things he said to me is to play "tribal". I understood that he probably meant a tom groove but it made my day. So there is another term for you, a tom groove.
It kinda feels like this video needs a previous video explaining some elements of basic theory. There was no explanation of what the pocket is. The example of relaxed and driving really didn't help explain what the difference is. "Crashing the ride" is a term that would be entirely foreign to a worship leader trying to communicate to a drummer. A think a video detailing the "why" rather than the "how" is warranted.
I think of it as literally running after the leader and only stopping when he gives me the sign. Sort of like playing tag with someone you know. But for short, it basically means repeating a specific section of a song.
"Pocket" is a bit tricky. To think of it from a purely technical standpoint it has to do with the click. It fits in well with the driving and relaxed discussion of playing ahead/behind the click. Somebody that is "in the pocket" is playing slightly ahead/behind, or right on the click as the song needs.
