Over
the years, I have tried to get over it but time and time again, I find myself
back where I started. Listening for the rim shots of my Drummer One. With every
lick of the sticks and kick of the bass comes floodgates of feeling and
emotions that I try so hard to convince myself aren’t there. Feeling that I try
to forget. We’ve played this song below. More times than I care to admit.
Repeating the same rolls and breaks every time. But every time I’m like a child
that watches the same movie over and over again. I know how the song ends but
yet and still every time I hear the intro, I’m glued to it, anticipating the
surprise ending that never comes. So I am posing a question to myself. Why
don’t I turn off the radio? Why is it that I am still shocked about something
that I’ve heard before? I know it’s not the special edition with all of the
added and deleted scene footage, and the alternate ending. I keep hearing the
same song over and over again. Every phrase is the same, every hook, and every
vamp. The only difference is the performance. Because it is live, there are a
few different variations from time to time. There are some new rolls and
possibly some that I will never hear again for whatever reason. But as I said
before, the skeleton of the song is the same. It is a track, so it never lets
me down. With it being on a board, the timing of the song can be alternated. It
can short, it can be long, and it’s all up to Drummer One. It is set up to
adjust to the mood of Drummer. He can play it in regular time or in half steps.
The bass line is always consistent. One thing any drummer is taught is to stay
in the pocket, no matter what else you do stay in the pocket. So that’s what he
does. His style varies; by he always remains in the pocket. And unfortunately
for me, he makes it every time. He doesn’t miss a beat. And neither do I.
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