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This thread has been pretty **** comprehensive so far but ive got a couple of things to add to help you with your drums.
First:
First off a great technique is using the snare on different beats than usual, changing it up every fourth bar for example creates a similar effect to using different chord inversions on guitar..basically a lot more interesting.
So for example lets say you are playing a standard beat with the snare on beats 2 and 4, change it up every now and again and throw in a bar with the snare on the on beats, or maybe make it even crazier than that.
This technique is what makes that opening fill on nirvana's "smells like teen spirit" sound so memorable but you can hear it in loads of other bands
Second:
The anti-fill is another very underused technique. When moving between parts it seems like everyone wants to prove how quickly they can tom roll around the kit. To mix it up a bit try slowing down a bit as your fill (hence why its called an anti-fill), so instead of doing sixteenths say around the kit just hit a tom on each quarter..maybe with a flam to make it a wee bit less predictable.
The third and final technique i want to add is:
Try half-timing and double-timing certain parts of the drum line with respect to the others. For example in a straight beat with 16ths on the hat or ride slowing down to 8ths or even quarters gives a completely different feel. Use this on sections where an often repeated riff is used to give maybe the middle verse a different character than the others. Alternatively double up the timing on the bass and snare while keeping the hats the same to create urgency in the bars before the chorus.
hope you guys liked my first ever post!!!
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