Tag: Groove
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Drum Groove: “Take Me Back” — Benjamin Waterson with Saint Vrain
I know what you’re thinking: yeesh… this guy really must be running out of things to talk about if he’s dissecting his own playing! Well, after writing a eulogy last week for my band Saint Vrain, I guess I want my drumming to have something of a legacy since the group will never amount to…
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Groove: “Fragments From the Decade” — Jason McGerr with Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab released an album back in September, so it’s time for another Jason McGerr groove lesson. For this LP, I was torn between today’s song and track 4, “Randy McNally.” I suspected I was going to the latter, which features verses in 7/8 time. Much like the Coldplay songs I talked about back in…
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Drum Groove: “Vietnow” — Brad Wilk with Rage Against the Machine
Recent events in the shitshow that is US politics, combined with the approaching Fourth of July holiday, mean that I’ve been listening to Rage Against the Machine lately. I’ve realized that Rage is a perfect candidate for a Know Your Tempos Post, but I didn’t have enough time to clock the BPM of all the songs.…
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Drum Groove(s): Coldplay in Seven
I bet you never thought Coldplay would make it onto the blog! Well, I’ll admit, the band’s a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. And as I was giving some older music in my library a listen, I rediscovered the oft-forgotten Coldplay EP Prospekt’s March, released only a few months after the monumental Viva la Vida.…
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Drum Groove: “Cath...” — Jason McGerr with Death Cab For Cutie
I know this particular album came out in May, but I always associate the melancholic sound of Death Cab for Cutie with fall, and this LP sounds positively autumnal. I also first got into the band in October of my junior year of high school, so that probably has something to do with it. Anyway,…
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The name’s Ben, although professionally I’m known as Benjamin. I’m a drummer and part-time saxophonist in the Colorado Front Range.
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