Here’s what I was talking about the other day, about Wilby Fletcher. At some point plays the cymbal rhythm I discussed. It doesn’t matter, the whole thing is incredibly powerful.
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Awesome! This RLRR-LRRL (and of course all the inversions and variations you can imagine) is a big part of the great Johnny Vidacovich's playing as well. His former student, Stanton Moore, does some wonderful YouTube videos on these ideas, very practical and usable. I think this approach sounds good with a samba foot ostinato as well, pretty obvious variation I've been tinkering with. Thanks! Best drumming blog! -Joel