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Originally Posted by darren783
Not hating on Copeland,
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...but you did...
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Originally Posted by darren783
just think that it's a completely different style than what Carter brings each night. Granted, a lot of that is due to style of music from their respective bands, the kit with which he performs, etc. so hard to compare apples and coconuts.
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Exactly. There are strengths and weaknesses to each when compared so to call one better than the other is really moot. They're all on the upper echelon of drummers, I think we can agree on that. There's names that aren't worth "Slotting into a list".... Carter, Copeland, Gadd, etc etc. They're on the upper tier. Nuff said.
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The way a song like JTR and a Warehouse (w/ salsa) and others can change time signatures back and forth on the fly is just awesome, all driven by the man behind the set. 'Ol carter can't be in too much pain back there as he blows his bubbles and rarely stops smiling.
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That change in JTR isn't that rough. There's no change in tempo. Now, had that change incorporated a tempo shift, then we can talk.
And we can argue if the metric modulation in Warehouse is a true time signature change or not, since it resolves in 8 counts and fits in the context of the 16th note pulse to the "original" tempo.
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As far as written music, I'd love to see what Carter pulls out each night actually put to paper.....plenty of rudiments would show up. What I wouldn't give just to sit down and talk shop with him..........
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Really? Rudiments? Or just hand combinations? I've never seen Carter play a Ratamacue. Or Pataflaflas. Not much in the way of Swiss Army Triplets. Can't say I've seen seven stroke rolls.
Does he use rudiments? Sure, every drummer does, whether it's on purpose or accident. To say he's using more rudiments than your average drummer out there would be a difficult argument to make.