Gaddabout wrote:Where I think Vinnie raises the bar on all of this stuff is how much space he'll create in between metrically modulated fills. It's one thing to command the whole meter, but it's another thing to do it in a fill or for a couple of measures while comping against a burning solo and do it without playing many notes. To me, that's when he's really going WAY out on a ledge. A lot of guys can go for MORE notes, but Vinnie often dials it backwards, and that's what makes a lot of his playing just breathtaking.
that and his command is unreel. ive got 1 - 9 pretty internalized, but vinnie uses groups like 11, 15, 19, etc.. and then goes so far as to accent additional groupings inside those. it's just.. boom.