Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness

[Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com>]

I confess I haven't been following the thread so I'm sure this isn't what 
anyone's been getting at, but the subject does bring to mind one of the 
things I like best about some of my favorite drummers. It's not randomness 
at all, per se, but just the quality of the unexpected that occurs when 
someone like Elvin Jones or Bill Bruford places an accent in the least 
likely of spots. An off-time syncopation dropped into an otherwise 
rock-steady drum part, just to catch you off guard...

Back to lurking,

-t-

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--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 6:48 PM
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Per Boysen
> <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm afraid I don't understand that question. 
> Who says he likes
> > rhythmic randomness? I doubt any one does. Randomness
> can never swing.
> > NOr groove. I just can't imagine that phenomenon!
> ;-))
> 
> Oh, yes - I can imagine that phenomenon! It occurs when a
> drunk guy
> falls all over a drum kit. THAT is true rhythmic
> randomness!
> 
> per