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Originally Posted by Sam-Y
^ Thats the reason I love what I do, and you put it very nicely. At the same time however, as a drummer, I always felt the need to have the "power" to produce melodies also. I felt limited in another sense since you can only produce beats with percussion while most musicians can produce everything else. I love drumming, but I guess this had more to do with me than with drumming only.
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But you have to know that drummers have the power to make music out of drums. Look at Rush. Neil Pert stole every bit of that spot-light and he deserved it. Danney Carey of Tool, etc.
I'm not saying the rest of the band is obsolete, I'm just saying that drummers have the opportunity to make their instrument more than some cylindrical objects that produce various thuds.
If you can create a vibe with your drumming, then you're accomplishing more than a guitarist creating a vibe with notes.
Look at it that way.
We drummers are often underrated...
But most of us aren't really tapping into our potential half the time.
It's more than a rhythm section, man.