An important concept of my philosophy is that the stroke is the most important aspect of playing the drums. It’s the one way in which you get to express your own personality. My belief is that, in terms of content, there really isn’t much new to be played. When you think of the history of drumming, almost everything has been covered. There are certain rhythms that keep cropping up again and again because they feel so good. So what really makes a rhythm come off and the listener respond? It’s the way the rhythm is played. This is one reason why, as I said in the drum lesson on Attitude, it’s good to have a predetermined about what you’re going to play. That way, you can concentrate your mental energy on how you are playing, rather than using that energy to think about what you’re going to play. It’s also a good reason for keeping the basic idea simple. In terms of ideas, you may think that one idea is “hipper” or more interesting than another, but the corniest idea can sound better than the hippest idea, depending how it is played.
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