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发表于 2008-1-28 13:12:29
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JS: But is it possible that drummers could find themselves replaced by
digital technology. Drum machines are featured on many of today's
recordings, especially the many dance hits that regularly storm the chart
They are small, versatile, keep perfect time and don't need to get paid
RT: Fantastic to write with. They have their place, they're terribly useful
to the musician, but they're just another tool. They never will replace
a good drummer. A lot of the bands that use them, I call then typewriter
bands because basically they program the sample sounds with no real
dynamics, and that dynamics is very important. And the records come out
sounding very flat and very 2-dimensional whereas something with real
dynamics and a good drummer can add another dimension - depth - to the
band and that's why bands that play together when they're actually
making the record will always sound better
JS: As far as RT is concerned, the human touch us still preferable to a machine
A good drummer obviously needs an instinctive feel for the rhythm, and
modern dance or funk music requires a different approach
RT: Yes, the difference is subtle. It's really the way you place the beats
within the bar. And often you get more going on behind, often it's
sharper and snappier
[bit of RT demonstrating]
You might have 16s going on on the high hat
[bit of RT demonstrating]
Unlike something that's straight. Like one of our old things which is
as straight as you can get. Another one bites the dust, which is
something like
[a bit of RT playing AOBTD intro]
[a clip of AOBTD]
JS: So far, we've heard about tempo and technique, the great drum pioneers,
dynamics and drum machines. But before I leave you, what about the human
qualities? If you've always had a yearning to play drums and are about
to go and spent your hard earned cash on that expensive drum kit, how
do you know you've got what it takes?
RT: You need a sense of time, a sense of rhythm, a sort of inner clock and
that you really need naturally. You have to have agression and lastly I
would say you definitely need stamina. But you do learn tricks, apart
from the fact that you develop more stamina, your muscles get more used
to what's demanded of them. We used to do a song called Dragon Attack
that was very hard on the right wrist, It should have gone
[a bit of RT playing Dragon Attack chorus]
I used to end up going
[a bit of RT playing Dragon Attack chorus with half the hits]
You sort of half the work that you're doing with the right hand, and
that's just an example. Also there are techniques of being louder and
using less energy. For instance, when people start playing the snare
drum, they will play the back beat but they'll probably play it like this
[RT hits drum a few times - very clean sound]
when you learn a bit more, you find that virtually every time you hit
the snare with the back beat you don't just hit it but do what's called
a rim shot. A rim shot is not this
[RT hits rim]
A rim shot is this
[RT hits drum - much more drag]
[RT plays something, don't know what]
That's just a way of accentuating or getting more power out of the drum
It's development of technique and I suppose playing the drums more
efficiently
JS: Why have drummers got this wildman reputation?
RT: It's because they're basically far superior to other musicians
JS: You're not biased? Why should drummers always be being deemed the lunatic?
RT: I suppose it's more physical than most of the other things, your adrenalin
is pumped more naturally whereas bass players are usually, well... quite
often fairly morose, rather like their instruments. There are stereotypes
and it is quite amazing how often members of bands seem to follow those
stereotypes. Singers are ALL vain. Guitarists are all vain but won't
admit it. Bass players are quiet people, and drummers are very exciting
people to be with.
JS: You mentioned earlier that one of the qualities a good drummer needs is
to be aggressive. Drums are quite antisocial and loud, so that might make
the individual antisocial and loud and therefore get noticed
RT: There might well be something in that, and there's something rather nice
about spending the evening hitting things
[clip of The Who - the one that sounds like Under a Raging Moon (?won't get
fooled again)]
THE END
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