Re: Blushda Alert
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:37 pm
isn't the blushda as old as the single stroke?
when i was living in hollywood i roomed with steve (holmes) for a bit (mid 1994). we set up our kits in the apartment for a few weeks. didn't play them just set them up. think we might have used those hot rods a few times on them. i wasn't into licks at all. i just played phrases and what ever came to mind during those days. steve had quite a few licks down pat. so i asked him about the blushda one day in the apt one late afternoon and asked him what the heck is that sticking. i was sitting at my kit with the hot rods waiting for this cool lick. he didn't even play it. he was standing just outside in the courtyard and said left hand then right hand and then... i had it. took about 2 minutes to grasp it. i never used the lick for about 10 years from that moment cause i thought it was over used and very old. the only time i don't cringe when i hear the lick is when vinnie or novak play it. they get the blushda pass. it's so effective you just can't help yourself. vinnie plays it the best out of everyone. i don't care who invented it. his spacing on the phrase is just perfection. novak is a close second. he murders it. tony plays it pretty straight forward, sort of. it's all about spacing the phrase. tight, loose and every space in between.
i asked ralph humphrey a few times what is in between 5's and 6's. quintuplets and sextuplets. he said something like 10. i can't remember the answer cause he really didn't have an answer for me. just want to know what is in between 0 and 1. is there a time signature for it? can you just slightly slow down to play in between 5 and 6 for example. like 5 1/2. not quite 5's and not quite like 6's. i guess you can space your notes in phrases that way. make them loose as a goose. can the human mind grasp this slight increase or decrease? us simple humans can only hear certain frequencies and see a small fraction of the light spectrum. what the... i know. thoughts that come to mind while traveling along the new jersey turnpike. i'm not driving by the way.
when i was living in hollywood i roomed with steve (holmes) for a bit (mid 1994). we set up our kits in the apartment for a few weeks. didn't play them just set them up. think we might have used those hot rods a few times on them. i wasn't into licks at all. i just played phrases and what ever came to mind during those days. steve had quite a few licks down pat. so i asked him about the blushda one day in the apt one late afternoon and asked him what the heck is that sticking. i was sitting at my kit with the hot rods waiting for this cool lick. he didn't even play it. he was standing just outside in the courtyard and said left hand then right hand and then... i had it. took about 2 minutes to grasp it. i never used the lick for about 10 years from that moment cause i thought it was over used and very old. the only time i don't cringe when i hear the lick is when vinnie or novak play it. they get the blushda pass. it's so effective you just can't help yourself. vinnie plays it the best out of everyone. i don't care who invented it. his spacing on the phrase is just perfection. novak is a close second. he murders it. tony plays it pretty straight forward, sort of. it's all about spacing the phrase. tight, loose and every space in between.
i asked ralph humphrey a few times what is in between 5's and 6's. quintuplets and sextuplets. he said something like 10. i can't remember the answer cause he really didn't have an answer for me. just want to know what is in between 0 and 1. is there a time signature for it? can you just slightly slow down to play in between 5 and 6 for example. like 5 1/2. not quite 5's and not quite like 6's. i guess you can space your notes in phrases that way. make them loose as a goose. can the human mind grasp this slight increase or decrease? us simple humans can only hear certain frequencies and see a small fraction of the light spectrum. what the... i know. thoughts that come to mind while traveling along the new jersey turnpike. i'm not driving by the way.
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