Bill Stewart on practicing with a metronome vs. playing along with records

[@marKism69]

BIll is my FAVORITE living drummer. Super creative, super great tone, super skillful.

[@David-fg5pt]

super..

[@markscountlessbarks]

Thank you Bill Stewart!

[@edivallarino]

Aplausos Pablo, siempre un acierto sus videos

[@kentbyron7608]

Pablo, nothing beats a great player who interviews other masters, and you're so polite and listen well, giving lots of space. Thank you for everything you do. These interviews are really important, shedding light on jazz vernacular. Contributing to culture and education! So interesting, and what a privilege. Useful. Gratitude! Bravo! Subscribed!♥️

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Wow Kent, that’s really nice. Thank you

[@bradlloyd6261]

Yes you rock!

[@jimosullivan8051]

Drummer Kent Byron from UTA & UNT?

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

Great Investigation big bro!

[@renaudperson287]

Thanks for the interview. Plenty of great stuff there! About working on time there’s another great trick that I’ve heard from Antonio Sanchez. Set the metronome so that it plays only the 1st beat of each bar, or each two bars, or even each 4 bars. Jam along with it and you’ll discover a lot about your own time.

[@CharlieWeller]

Incredible practice insight from one of the true masters of this music. Love the series Pablo, keep up the great work!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you!

[@bobblues1158]

Great . My observations are the same.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

👍

[@StevenSclafani]

Fantastic musician. Why did Zildjian discontinue his signature sticks? They are my favorite and I have been unable to find a suitable replacement. I'd love to ask Bill what he uses now.

[@knuthagedorn]

Great insight!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thanks Knut!

[@denismatray7897]

Just a little comment, feeling, impression from me : I have never heard such a swing both binary and at the same time ternary than on the John Scofield Trio Live album : 'En Route' ! It seems unreal so beautiful and surreal !!!!!!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

That’s such a great album. I know what you mean

[@denismatray7897]

@@PabloHeldmusic ;)

[@denismatray7897]

Memories of an old concert at the ''Jazz à Vienne Festival'' in France a long time ago :Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joey de Francesco and Bill Stewart : a MAGIC gig...

[@user-ig7nq7pc7k]

I wish you had asked him to list more records he practices with! He is right - finding good ones where the tempo is steady is a challenge. Heck, many of the Aebersold play alongs speed up!!

I love this series, thanks so much Pablo. You mention that you practice with recordings too. Any favorites you can recommend?

[@PabloHeldmusic]

oh I play along with everything that I love. There was a time when i would play along to "Capricorn" and "Hand Jive" several times a week ;-)

@@PabloHeldmusic Of course! Heading over to my CD collection at this very moment... All the best to you

[@gerardi2000]

Bill cut it out. You are a beast drummer. You know darn well you can play Philly Joe's stuff. I have a hard time playing your stuff. I love your playing.

[@alexg4284]

When bill Stewart has to work on his time, I worry that I haven’t spent enough time working on my time. Time

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

Ultracool

[@TheFreemanuk]

Bullsye Pablo. Thanks x

[@timbruer7318]

Thanks for this Pablo. The thing Bill says about putting the metronome on and then turning it off so as not to use it as a crutch is something that I discussed with the great pianist Dan Tepfer when I interviewed him. He has invented a metronome app where you can progressively halve the beats at the touch of a button in order to check your ability to keep the tempo steady over increasing time periods. If you're interested, you can find the interview here kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LHc5qoqLWZaNU and the various topics are listed in the details.

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thank you Tim!

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

I’m actually interested in the app

[@timbruer7318]

@@MarioCalzadaMusic if you go to the video you and go to the part about the metronome Dan mentions the name of it and apparently you can get it at the App Store....it's worth watching him demonstrate it.

[@greganderson3096]

There is also the Gapclick app by Benny Greb which let's you turn off the metronome for certain measures (1 bar on 1 off, 2 bars on 2 bars off, 1 bar on 3 bars off, etc). Another good one is LiveBPM which uses your phone's mic to calculate the tempo in real time. It just reads back to you the tempo. It's like a speedometer for your tempo.

[@jameswaddell3348]

There is always the problem of the other musicians you are playing with, and their feel of what the time is!! For me after years of playing, i could either be hearing a band, or say at a jam session, where i am sitting in; I could tell which player was dragging, right on time "No Feel" or playing on top! The difficult part would be, if the player was dragging or playing on top was the loudest on stage! Then there is the Bass Player!! It was their feel that could be the most difficult, or how many notes they were playing, especially the unnecessary notes! Now i played in a BLUES band, and the guitar player would record our sets, at different gigs. A couple months later, he had written out the length of the same tunes we played on a regular basis. He was questioning, how come this shuffle or slow blues tune is either a few seconds slower or faster than on these gigs! After practice, and seeing what he was doing, I QUIT right on the spot! If you are in a Symphony Orchestra then the time is PRECISE every show! But playing Blues, and expecting the same time length every night? How ignorant

[@TheFreemanuk]

Milestones slows down by at least 10 bpm. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqXq3epf5J9g7c click on first head and skip to last head. History says slowing or speeding makes no difference to quality of recording session. And time playing is also important.

[@seanwayland]

I listen to the tempo with the metronome. Then I turn ir off and play for say 30 mins. After 30 mins I take another listen to the metronome. If I am wrong I go get a box of matches from the kitchen ( from when the stove didnt have its own electronic lighter ) and I burn myself a little just to make sure I dont make that stooooopid mistake again.

[@robertheu465]

I can only WARN. Don’t pratice!!!