ow, I’m not saying this is a thing a do consonantly, it’s a tool that’s there for when I want it. I have a small 2″ by 3” digital metronome that fits in a pocket,on a shelf or a desk, it even has a plug for ear-buds, so it’s quite portable. You become used to hearing the gentle click, it’s repetitiveness. You get used to hearing the steady rhythm, it sincs your timing your breath, your brain. It’s not only used when performing and recording, I sometimes use it in everyday life, working around the house or office, while driving or walking, it sets a pace, a rate, a speed and it also educates the senses, sort of like muscle memory for the brain. THE HATED CLICK TRACK has become my friend. I have found that hearing a steady rhythm is a very relaxing bit of ear-candy, it does set-up an internal tempo.
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It’s sort of free flow rhythm (at least on the surface), but keeping a pulse a steady timing, rhythm is important, it connects breathing, and heat rate, so timing is important. One of my main gigs over the that few years is that of a relaxation, meditation “Sound healing/therapy thing, using Gongs, singing bowls, chimes etc. (I am Younger than Mick Jagger or Keith Richards ? but I’m up there. I’m a drummer – percussionist and an ‘Old’ New Age kinda guy. I like many musicians don’t really like Click Tracks, but like you say, they make you a better musician. He can then focus on using his ears to create groove and feel and… music.Īnd, he will get more work because of that (amongst other things, of course).īTW- he got an A++ on his project. My point? I told him that playing with a click and being a DRUMMER who plays to a click will make him that much better of a musician overall by far, because it will internalize and solidify the tempo within himself which will be one less thing he has to focus on when he’s playing. He then turns around the next day and nails the drum tracks to the click. I told him, “Do you know how many guitarists I’ve played with in the past 30+ years who could not do that to save their life?”
I’m blown away…he NAILS the takes!!! I’m talking 85-90% spot on with the click.
We go down to my studio and track his guitar ideas. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago and he needs to record a project for school. He started playing the drums in Rock Band a year ago and added real drums last summer. Two (proud dad moment here, so bear with me), my 15 year old just started playing drums and plunks on a guitar from time to time to get song ideas. Although, using a click playing other styles has helped me with these two. Two thoughts… one, a couple examples where I haven’t used a click, jazz and the aforementioned classical both of which have a lot of ebb & flow in the music timing-wise. Depends on musicianship of the artist, preference of the sound engineer or producer and so on.Įxplore! Clicks have a place but hanging loose gives a real live feel.
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No one can dictate how to record because it’s very subjective. Most live bands are used to the change of tempo that their drummer produces, by that reasoning (in the studio) if the drum track is laid down first they should all be able to follow along. When we decide not to use a click, he can “nail” the background vocals, percussion, 2nd guitar and anything else he wants – he is working to his own body clock.Įdits waste time, getting the recording right in the first instance is faster and more efficient and shows the difference between a poor musician and a great one.Īs a point of interest go listen to some of the old blues players and singer/guitarists back in the day before we got clinical. The artist I am currently working with has 40 years experience as a singer/guitarist and can record with or without a click. Most music is bland and predictable nowadays. Cut and paste, loops, and so on all take away the human element. The problem with today’s digital world is it is too clinical. I certainly don’t agree that you are less of a musician if you cannot record to a click. We use click for some, drums for others, and nothing at all if we feel that the track requires a live feel. I don’t know of any live bands (at gigs) that use click tracks – the drummer is the click track. Whilst I respect Graham’s point of view, there are times when a click track ruins the “vibe” of certain songs that have a loose/live feel about it.