I sat in at a church last month. I have a friend in rotation to lead worship that gave me a call. Normally in these cases I familiarize myself with the songs and the arrangements before the day comes. Only one rehearsal the morning of... No rocket science here.
Turns out the arrangements were pretty straight forward. The song in's and out's weren't hard to follow. Nothing fancy. No busy patterns or breaks. Some fills to lead into the chorus'. Sounds boring right? A test of patience possibly? But, that's what the situation called for, nothing more nothing less. The band just need me to keep time.
I've been apart of several scenarios like this in the past, and plenty of drummers think this is an oportunity to play their favorite fill of the week on every measure, or try to see how many different places in the song they can fit in a splash accent. Reminder: You are not playing for Dave Mathews Band.
Seen this kind of thing yourself? It takes a true intuitive player to just show up and play what the music calls for. Point being. You must lock to the grid! The rest of the band will appreciate tempo over complexity any day...
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