16 June

If you did a survey asking what instrument defined rock and roll, I’m sure the electric guitar would win. But that would be wrong, and unfair. The snare drum is the root of rock and roll. That syncopated backbeat, on 2 and 4, as my drummer friends tell me. That IS rock and roll. You want a drummer that hits that 2 and 4 hard and sharp, so that it becomes a rock solid groove.