Drum Beats Are Not Human Grooves

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The perfect drummer will be just exactly on time right like the same amount of interval between every two beats in the measure or whatever it is. And so what could be bad about fixing that because real drummers are not you know John Bonham was not exactly marching to a metronome but during most of those Led Zeppelin songs. So I find that the the human element of these great drummers such as Bernard Purdy and he had a drum beat called the Purdy Shuffle that they use in Steely Dansson home at last and Sisters of Babylon. It's almost impossible to do a great shuffle as program a great shuffle to where it feels really good because there's so many dynamics

There is no human endeavor that does not have a theory of it — a set of ideas about what makes it work and how to do it well. Music is no exception, popular music included — there are reasons why certain keys, chord changes, and rhythmic structures have proven successful over the years. Nobody has done more to help people understand the theoretical underpinnings of popular music than today’s guest, Rick Beato. His YouTube videos dig into how songs work and what makes them great. We talk about music theory and how it contributes to our appreciation of all kinds of music.

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Rick Beato obtained a master’s degree in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is currently a producer and owner of Black Dog Sound Studios in Georgia, as well as host of a popular YouTube channel. He has worked as a session musician, songwriter, and lecturer at Berklee College of Music and elsewhere. He is the author of The Beato Book Interactive as well as other music-training tools.

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