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There's this "thing" I've noticed I'm doing a lot when I do fills or..."chops"...
It hadn't been conscious. It just came out.
And for some reason, I've been doing it on the hats a lot.
I do it so much, it's kind of become "my thing". So this week, I set out to explain it. And explaining it required some context. And context, as is so often the case, required Thomas Pridgen.
All of which sent me back in time to trace the lineage of my learning to "chop"...
2013/2014, I start listening to Thomas, and Nick Smith, and many of the other "choppers" who were "chopping it up" on these new platforms called YouTube and Instagram.
Flash forward a bit, and I believe I'd successfully deconstructed a couple of component parts (which I show you in the video)...
...and a general approach, from Thomas, which I call "throw it on there."
(I show a shed with Thomas and Tony Royster to illustrate what makes that approach unique.)
Flash forward still more, and I'm "throwing it on there" while attempting to do drum fills. Then something happens.
Everybody starts incorporating the dry hats as a sound.
So what happens if I...
And then the licc evolved.
I'll show you the exact licc, and ways to orchestrate it and put it in different rhythmic contexts.
Watch the video to find out more.
Enjoy!