Thread: How do you describe types of music?
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Old 08-27-2007, 09:24 PM   #17
Flint
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WWFS?
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Originally Posted by ubergloat
...I keep thinking what Flint will say...
Flint would say "Reggae is backwards" ...
Quote:
Originally Posted by jumbojim
...highlights the upstroke...instead of the down...
My "Reggae" imitation is to play the bass drum where I think the snare should go. And to NOT accent "one" ... (the one drop) ...

And yes, the snare is more like a timbale. I'm not going to crank my heads (more than usual), but everything becomes a RIMshot.
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