At the end, if you're watching the centre video, you can catch the wave, which really makes it clear how much space there is between ahead and behind.

Thank you for this most excellent explanation and thorough demonstration. This really helped me.

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful! We all feel time differently, and we are all just trying to unlock our inner-groove

Thank you so much. This is really helpful

@MadeOnTape

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for listening!

Thanks for this cool & nice video! Keep it up!

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! 🙏

Got the first 2 examples entirely wrong, but right on the 3rd; I'll have to watch again in a few days and see if my ear has learnt anything! The differences are subtle, but thanks for demonstrating, this is something I've heard talked about for years, and never really been sure I could appreciate the difference.

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

this is definitely totally dependent on style of music and individual players, and it’s the kind of thing experienced studio musicians talk about a lot! thanks for watching 🙏

What a great video. Thank you.

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! 🙏🤘

like you said, playing behind the beat really sounds "right". all your bass tracks were tasty btw

@MadeOnTape

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the kind words 🙏

thank you and more of this test pleeeeaseeeee :)

@MadeOnTape

Жыл бұрын

thanks for listening! are you a bass player? just curious!

Thanks for this, it’s really hard to do.

So elusive to a power-poppy singer-songwriter like myself. Thanks for the content to help folks like me explore new concepts

@MadeOnTape

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! glad it was helpful

Great test, I suck at this stuff I think but it's really noticeable when you're dead on the beat

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

it's nuanced stuff. anything to get a person out of his or her comfort zone is usually a good learning experience. ...my bow work is ALWAYS behind and that's not good lol

Loved the demo at the very end with all three playing at once and spread across the stereo field: very effective! What an interesting topic this is; it's something I've thought about a lot. I think you nailed it when you said "What exactly constitutes ' the beat '?" That's especially true with regard to drummers playing solo and people saying they're playing behind the beat. Because, if the drums are the only thing playing, then they're the only thing creating "the beat." So, how can they be behind or ahead of it? Like you said, then it must come down to a certain kit piece. Is the hi hat "the beat?" Is it the snare? The kick? There was a video on Rick Beato's channel -- the 20 greatest drum sounds of all time. And they talk about Bernard Purdie on "Kid Charlemagne." And Rhett Shull says "And he's hanging so far back on this," and Rick agrees, "Way back." Rhett says, "Here's the beat ... and here's Bernard" (puts his hand behind the other hand). Keep in mind that only drums are playing at this point. So I thought ... "What does that mean exactly?" I recorded the beat from the video and brought it into Reaper to look at it. And, I'll tell you, it looked as "on the beat" as you could expect from a human. Both the kick and snare were lined up with the hat. I mean, dead on, really. There was one snare out of the three or four measures they listened to that was a little behind the hat, but everything else was right on. The only thing I could see in the waveform --- and the only thing I could hear really --- was that he was slightly swinging the 16th notes. I don't know if that's what they meant or not (they didn't expand on it) by "way back," but it's a very interesting idea: a drummer playing "behind the beat" when they're the only ones creating "the beat." :o)

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

ahh yes I think I remember that video. They should have given more context in that moment, but I always cut Rick some slack...that man is PROLIFIC and full of great information. it's interesting listening to that track right now: it definitely feels like almost every instrument in the verses are ahead of where Purdie is... Walter Becker's guitar hits on 2 & 4 are definitely ahead of the snare. Everyone is SO LOCKED into the tempo and groove tho. You can't have a Purdie beat lay back so much without the other folks totally locked. It's a really great example of the group dynamic I barely touched on ...as always, thank you for your amazing insight and thoughts!

Thanks man. Very cool. If you have ever watched the Cross Fire Hurricane doc on the Stones, Bill Wyman explains the bands timing theory with relation to the rhythm guitar, bass and drums. The “wobble” they call it.

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

oooohhh i have not and will check it out! always listen to the masters!

@andrewchristian7004

2 жыл бұрын

I'm very interested in this, could you link to this part? I tried to skim through and find it but don't know when he says it

Good examples because you didn’t exaggerate it. Very realistic.

@MadeOnTape

6 ай бұрын

appreciate it!

i can only play to the beat, drummer. 🍻

@MadeOnTape

2 ай бұрын

🍻

I the third example I really think going ahead of the beat really added something. In the other examples it's pretty much a wash.

I got all nine right, but it couldn't tell from timing, ie I couldn't hear if the bass came before or after. But I could tell from the feel. All the aheads sounded rushed and all the on-beat examples sounded nailed in. Behind was a bit harder to tell, but lets say if it didn't feel really tight all the time and it was not rushed, then it must have been behind.

@MadeOnTape

10 ай бұрын

the feel is everything! thanks for listening!

the g.i joe quote was amazing

@MadeOnTape

Жыл бұрын

it was half the half the battle...so one quarter of the battle

@matesi

Жыл бұрын

@@MadeOnTape still a lot to do then😩👲

surprised myself being able to guess them all right, as a bassplayer i struggle with playing ahead too, or maybe it's just my laziness expressing itself musically

@MadeOnTape

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha well, then laziness = pocket

Quantization has been flexible to adjust in degrees and even targetable at freely editable grooves since *Cubase 2.0* back in *_1990!_* Drum machines are *_NOT_* incapable of grooving, you just have to invest the effort to _program_ them properly. This is getting lamer by the mention, like drivers complaining about the rain on their windscreen because they are too dumb to know that their car has _wipers_ installed for this exact problem.

@MadeOnTape

Ай бұрын

this video is about the bass… i can’t remember if i mention something about drum machines not being flexible but i appreciate your comment! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

clean your sunnies mate

@MadeOnTape

2 жыл бұрын

i lol’d 🙏🙌

Hmmm, they all sound the same to me.

@MadeOnTape

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for listening Douglas! 🙏

Can't tell the difference tbh

@MadeOnTape

6 ай бұрын

thank you for your honesty!