Once you start doing an Elvin-like thing, the pull of that dotted-quarter rhythm can be very hard to resist; it’s effective, it builds tension, and it feels good to play it, but you need to be able to get away from it. So here’s a page o’ coordination for doing that same basic feel without the heavy bass drum on every downbeat.
Doing the tom moves is not just about learning to go crazy playing a whole lot of tom toms; it’s more about tricking you into playing the patterns for longer, by making you think you’re learning to go crazy playing a whole lot of tom toms.
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