I’m not talkimg abouy theory in this case, although i get what you’re saying. Actually i love how amazing the Beatles were at songwriting without being educated in theory at all; Paul famously couldn’t read music, i don’t know about the others. As the other commenter said, George Martin helped them whenever they needed the theory/arranging chops.
What i mean is technical proficiency i.e. how quickly and accurately and complicatedly can the drummer hit the drums. Some people love that shit and i get it. But my favorite drummers are the ones who didn’t have that, but had creativity and soul and rhythm without being technical and everything else.
Someone on YouTube said that The Who was the first rock band where the drum set was the lead instrument, and i love that! Keith moon wasn’t perfectly on beat all the time or super duper fast, but he was amazing.
I love how Ringo put so much thought and care into his drum parts, you can often tell which song you’re hearing just from the drum track alone. He really did elevate the Beatles songs with his creativity, without being a superstar show off about it. And i love his understated drum solo.
I’m not talkimg abouy theory in this case, although i get what you’re saying. Actually i love how amazing the Beatles were at songwriting without being educated in theory at all; Paul famously couldn’t read music, i don’t know about the others. As the other commenter said, George Martin helped them whenever they needed the theory/arranging chops.
What i mean is technical proficiency i.e. how quickly and accurately and complicatedly can the drummer hit the drums. Some people love that shit and i get it. But my favorite drummers are the ones who didn’t have that, but had creativity and soul and rhythm without being technical and everything else.
Someone on YouTube said that The Who was the first rock band where the drum set was the lead instrument, and i love that! Keith moon wasn’t perfectly on beat all the time or super duper fast, but he was amazing.
I love how Ringo put so much thought and care into his drum parts, you can often tell which song you’re hearing just from the drum track alone. He really did elevate the Beatles songs with his creativity, without being a superstar show off about it. And i love his understated drum solo.