Boy am I glad to be a drummer originally, having played lots of jazz in the weirdest structures... Alternating 7/8, 13/12, syncopating, you name it and I hit it - Without thinking.

I guess that's the key here: if you think about it too much, you're in trouble. I can't give you any tips here, sorry. It's a feel. Either you have it, or you don't. It won't ever sound good if you're constantly counting in your head.

The best advice I can give you is: play it. Over and over again. Until you "feel" what the beat is, without asking yourself where the "1" went, and where the "weak" is supposed to be.

But keep in mind hat playing music will never be like "learning a trick". I've been a drummer for 28 years now, it becomes a second nature.


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Roland EXR-5 user - http://www.exr5.tk