Sunday, March 1, 2009

Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson...On Druming


"Hip-hop is based in rhythm, repetition, and perfect time," says Thompson. "With Roots stuff, I go for a more perfect, quantized-type sound than I would with, say, Erykah or D'Angelo. For D'Angelo's Voodoo, we wanted to play as perfectly as we could, but then deliberately insert the little glitch that makes it sound messed up. The idea was to sound disciplined, but with a total human feel."

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http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Ahmir_Thompson.html

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