A well established Minnesota entrepreneur, Brian Baldwin has particular experience in corporate finance and project development. Passionate about music, Brian Baldwin has past experience in Minnesota as a professional drummer.
One of the fundamental skills in drumming is the ability to keep a groove and stay in the pocket, in a way that is reliable, infectious, and gets people moving. Accomplishing this starts with practicing by using a metronome, which keeps the tendency to get faster as the song progresses in check.
Once a steady tempo can be maintained over an extended period, concentrate on leaving off that personal flair that many drummers identify as their unique style. The primary purpose of “in-the-pocket” drumming is not creative expression, but to drive the sound.
Beyond being relaxed and in the flow, one difficult to attain skill that will help the groove immeasurably is playing drum notes just ahead of or after the true beat. This adds a quality of funk, or complex propulsive repetition, to the sound in tandem with an on-the-beat bass line.
