Great Drums Quotes and words of wisdom

Ray Yslas -Drummer with Christina Aguilera

Do you find it difficult changing between the different styles of groove from Eastern Genie in a bottle to the newly latin styled Come on Over ?

"It's about studying every type of music and your own craft. Well, in essence, there's no "one" in a groove. This is only pulse and downbeat, That applies to any genre. It is evident in the clave.

People say its 2/3 Clave or 3/2 Clave, its not its just the clave! People have to find themselves rationalising things in bar formats and the essence of the pulse gets lost. I think you have to feel the music become one with the song and digest it so that comes out in your playing is the music, with your own style.

With respect to the next quote Ray's wife had just had her/their first child

" What's life like on the road ?"

I will always love being out on the road, but now it seems like the place for me is with my family some things in life are bigger than music you know ?"

Can't say fairer than that!!!