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Any church drummers frustrated with worship music?

Reddit r/drums·u/Zealousideal-Toe7233·about 1 month ago
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Any church drummers frustrated with worship music? I've been a (mostly rock/metal) drummer for about 20 years. I'm also a Christian, whose taste in music is not exactly church music. Been playing on worship teams here and there for about 10 years, and I get so frustrated trying to learn the drum parts. I know people say it's easy and predictable. I kinda have the opposite experience a lot. I sit down to learn a song. I know the song pretty well and should be able to play something to fit well. I struggle so hard to play along. Firstly, it's all toms. But also not all toms. It's non-stop toms AND backbeat. It's probably two drummers and aux and loops, but I have no idea what's gonna be in the tracks on Sunday. So I don't know how to serve the song when I'm practicing. I find myself trying to play some whacky combination of the backbeat and tom grooves. What also annoys me is the nondescript, random nature of the grooves, fills, builds, etc.…

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