The art and science of timekeeping has as many facets as it has musicians. A modern era drummer spends most of his life learning how to keep time, and even those most accomplished will agree that this skill requires concentration and practice. One doesn't become a finely honed timekeeper by accident.
Here again I return to the subject of timekeeping because the subject always seems to come back to me. After a lifetime of drumming I have learned to understand that keeping time and group dynamics are irrevocably intertwined. It is an unspoken truth that the person who controls the tempo is the de facto leader, a realization I have pondered sadly after being blind-sided by one too …
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