Noel

@Bruce I agree. I'd love nothing more than to have a proper worship team as well. However, for the foreseeable future, it's not going to change at my church. I do hear what you're saying. Worship should be more organised. 

21 minutes ago, Bruce said:

@Noel Now that you've shared your thoughts, I'm thinking this situation may be a lot more normal than it should be; with praise teams essentially winging it.   

@Bruce the thing about worship gigs( especially in my church) is that worship is more about service to God than an actual gig. There are some people who are complete novices. Also it's not uncommon for another drummer to come up mid song and want to play. But you do it because it is more about worship than music l.

It's funny you should mention that because our praise team never rehearses. For most services, half the tunes are alien to me and I end up ad libbing the grooves. I go to what is largely an African Pentecostal church, which means there are a handful of beats that suit those songs.  Fortunately I have two mentors  on the worship team. Brother Levi and Brother Chucku, who teach me which beats to come in with on the fly. I've narrowed down the worship to one of three grooves, (two afrobeats and a rock groove) Levi and chucku are both pastors kids and are both talented multi intsrumentalists , so when either of them are on the bass, I get a hint as to which grooves to come in with. 

@Joshua yes it is.

On 11/19/2019 at 8:18 PM, Stephen said:

I will just say it out loud here...I have a severe man crush on Brian Blade's playing. Just one of the best in the game.

I love Brian Blade's playing on the Joshua Redman album elastic. Savage stuff. 

Hi Everyone 

I'm Noel and I am in a crossover covers bands called Bangeeboo. It's Czech meaning someone who has a weird or bandy walk. We cover Shakatak and micheal jackson covers, also a bit of Stevie Wonder thrown in for good measure.  

Taye Rock pro drum kit with an 18 bass drum, paiste cymbals, all hardware is Taye as well I think. Beautiful and rich tom sound. Muffled drums. Sound is amazing.

listen to it. @Joshuathat is the most important thing you can do as a jazz musician. learning Jazz is like writing a novel i've been told, you have to read to be able to write. conversely, jazz has to be in your ear in order to play it. that's probably why my jazz needs some work. I haven't listened in a while. I'm no expert. my soloing needs some serious work, which is why I joined a Jazz band, so I have no excuse now but to absorb it and practice the bejeepers out of the drums.