Yo I love me some dirty rudiments.

Flamacue for some dodgy accenting, and the single ratamacue for the oh-so-sexy triplet feel. You KNOW that turns the people on.

Flamacue

F X x x F
r l r l r

F - Flam
X - Accent
x - hit

Single rat

dt t t X
lr l r l

d - double buzz
t - triplet hits
X - Fat Accent

Man, scoring this stuff on forums is HARD!

Also with the metronome I reckon you wanna get some 50/50 action on there. You need to be able to play good time with no clicks and no beeps and no nothing but your solid funky drumming. The bassist will love you for your tight pocket playing.

Having said that, you gotta ride the song. Difference between our electronic sample brethren and the human beat machines is the space and the breathing of the piece. You play relaxed and fluid, your unit might speed or slow but it'll because you all feeling it in your soul and no one's gonna notice. They're just gonna love it.

Don't be a slave to the beep machine!

And learning new stuff is what KEEPS you young, man. Soon as you think you know it all, you get stuck in your ways and you get left behind. So much exciting stuff out there to learn about (and that's just the drums)!

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