Yo I've never seen anything like that before. It was like a latino COGIC church, I'm going to visit that church one day.
I wouldn't say COGIC. . .Baptist, maybe. But not COGIC. He was okay. I'm not taking anything away from him. But if we're drummers, why is it okay to say, "He's okay
for a white guy?" I've seen better and I've seen worse. Black, white, and other. I wasn't really impressed. I'm not downing him, I just didn't feel anything when he played. If he had been Black, I would say the same thing. Truth is, I never expect a white guy or a Mexican/Hispanic/Latino (I know all of these have different meanings and may be talking about different people, but I'm trying to include everyone and at the same time let people know that I'm not trying clump different nationalities into one) to bring the flavor that Blacks bring to music. That's why Black drummers get the jobs we get. Because we have a different feel. Don't be mad at me. . .talk to God. He gave it to us!!
Anyway, I'm always surprised when I hear a non-Black play like a Black person. But this guy didn't sound Black to me. Whether that's a good thing or not is not my point. I just didn't feel his playing. And I agree with everyone who said the twirls were out of order. His facial expression (or lack thereof) was also out of order. His face and appearance is why I didn't like going to Baptist churches when I was growing up. All of the drummers looked so dead. Nowadays it's a different story, denominations are blurred and musicians are coming up all over the place. But I got a flashback of sitting at the choir concert at the local Greater First Missionary Baptist Church of the Trinity Hill Southern Baptist Church when I was eight years old.
That's my 20 cents. Peace.
