Re: 2011-07-15 - Deer Lake Park - Burnaby, British Columbia
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:32 pm
It is definitely common practice especially in the studio. During live performances many pro drummers use a small in ear metronome that can be set to get the initial tempo of a song. Some drummers will keep it on for the entire song; others just use it to get going.chris wrote:That's a cool setlist - don't think I've seen the bpm listed before. Assume that's Johnny's and he gets a click track played through his monitors.
Any drummers out there who can chime in if that's common practice among live performers?
I jam with a lot of different musicians and the click track is an absolute must when playing with people I don't know. Even if you have an "internal clock" adrenaline alone can play havoc with the tempo of a song.