Staying on the beat. When we down-sized (due to economic reasons) that electronic drummer couldn't keep good time at all wink in some songs it would rush, and others it would drag --- it just wouldn't follow us at all.

The more we played with it the better it got.

Of course it wasn't the drum machine.

The more you do it, the better you will get at it, and the better your internal sense of rhythm will be. It's like practicing with a metronome, only more fun,.

As I got better at rhythm, I noticed songs on the radio that had slight timing differences, a couple of which are (a) rushing the "B" section of the song (b) getting faster and faster throughout the song (c) dragging multi-beat triplets. There are more, and some deviations apply to some songs, others to others and still others are rock solid all the way through.

So now when I make my backing tracks, I sometimes incorporate slight, expressive rhythm changes into the track.

Like everything else musical, the more you do it, the more you find new things to learn, and that improves your skills and allows you to make music that reaches your audience even better.

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Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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