![]() Some of my favorite drummers display all of these attributes, albeit not necessarily all at once, depending on the musical setting and requirements. Some of my favorite drummers play with great spirit and fire, some with great subtlety and finesse, and some with jaw-dropping technical prowess and imagination. As a listener, writer and a drummer, I have come to savor how vitally important it is for music to breathe - and that (as Questlove noted) imperfection and spontaneity can be essential components. ![]() So does the healthy airing of differing opinions, values and perspectives.Īs a lifelong music fan who began drumming in bands at the age of 12 and writing about music at 15, I have learned a few things about both. To even suggest that varied viewpoints are welcome and healthy increasingly seems like heresy. Real film > IG filter photo.”īut what I find especially frustrating in the online barrage about Meg White’s drumming - and the internet in general - is the single-minded insistence that only one point of view is valid. This is why I walk that Dilla path and play like a drunken sloppy af amateur because them flaws is the human element in music that is missing. “Actually what is wrong w music is people choking the life out of music like an Instagram filter - trying to reach a high of music perfection that doesn’t even serve the song (or music). “I try to leave ‘troll views’ alone but this right here is out of line af,” Questlove wrote in response to Markay’s original post. His tweet referenced the skittering beats employed by the groundbreaking hip-hop producer J Dilla, who died in 2006 at the age of 32. (Please and Thank You).”Īlso weighing in was Oscar-winning filmmaker Questlove, the excellent drummer in The Roots. ![]() To the journalist who dissed her, keep my ex husband’s ex wife name out of your (expletive) mouth. Im gonna fight em off A seven nation army couldnt hold me back Theyre gonna rip it off Taking their time. Jack White’s second ex-wife, Karen Elson, tweeted: “Not only is Meg White a fantastic drummer, Jack also said the White Stripes would be nothing without her. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Lyrics.
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