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At 01:16 PM 11/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
>much easier for *you* to put out a click track to your drummer and let HIM 
>sync to you.
>
>But let me tell you, as a drummer, you might meet some inital resistance 
>from him. :) Actually, it's not uncommon for drummers to use them onstage 
>-- particularly when there's sequences involved.

In my experience, drummers don't mind hearing a click track provided it's 
not a monotonous quarter-note TOK TOK TOK TOK... all the way through. In 
fact that's less than ideal, since the drummer might confuse, say the "3" 
as the "1" and throw everyone off...

What works for me (and the drummers that hear it) is a percussion pattern. 
It might have a constant quarter-note cowbell "TOK" but it would also have 
a conga pattern and shaker or tambourine for the drummer to groove and 
syncopate to. Also a loud, piercing TOK TOK TOK TOK is very bad for the ears...




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