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Blues for Big Nate

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Fri, 09/23/2011 - 16:06
Taylor Ward
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Hi Dave,

Is it just me or does it seem like Jerry Portnoy is a little late on his timing in this song? Being one of the greats, I can't imagine this is by mistake. It's really throwing me off though and making me dig my heels in deep. Is this purposeful?

-Taylor

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Fri, 09/23/2011 - 18:07
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David Barrett
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Yup. This is called "playing behind the beat" and is used to give a very lazy feel. I personally love that feel.

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Sat, 09/24/2011 - 00:17
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Taylor Ward
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Yeah, it's awesome. Seems

Yeah, it's awesome. Seems like some of the swamp beat guys do it a lot. It just threw me off since it's my first song (I think) "behind the beat".

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Sat, 09/24/2011 - 04:56
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You have to check RIck

You have to check RIck Estrin's dvd, there Rick speaks about that.

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