What Being Good at Groove Is

Groove is one of the most elusive parts of music, but it defines genre and often success. Why does some music feel good? Why do some bassists and drummers "lock"? And why is it so much harder than just clicking "quantize" on the computer?I think the secret to music's next phase is in the phase shift. AI isn't going anywhere, so we need to add more humanity to the human music. It's a weird future, but I believe in the funk.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌎Watch guest episodes on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📺Want to hear my music? For all things links visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍕Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊‍♂️Score pod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🥥A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛⁠Pulls it all together. This combination. Shuffle and reengage. Intuitive ability. Contributes to groove. Cluster chords. That happens often. To navigate. The coolest moments in a song. Frame of reference. Moves in this way. A predictive set. In and out. Of feel, of timing. To participate. That relational setup. Virtuosic. All connected. Tip that wave. The phase relationship. Dance between. By a foil nature. Creates an energy. That coastal breeze. Give and take. Behind the beat. Sounds kind of beautiful. Around the strings. What the word. Their temporal location. A better conversation. Alternates between. That perceptual center. Intuitively feel. Layer in. Key learning. About perception. It can work. Art and science. Relational. An interesting reminder. There’s the onset, there’s the moment. All of a sudden. In the flow of things. The weird things. A reasonable response. Their best. A version. Feels better. To the given instrument. The mechanics of a pick. Not just timing. To that predictive capability and the conversational capability. On the record. Variation. Creating a groove together. Any of the things. All it is. What actually is going on. A respectful manner. Little things. The transient quality. A bowed string. Crazy thing. Part of the groove. Pretty cool. Energy required. Combined. Make the groove. The kind of thing. Layering on. Note is played. Room to do this. Playing together. Make music. A team sport. That push pull. Footwork. That gap. That idea. Need to interplay. Sense of being. Faster than reaction time. Ebbing and flowing. A game. Harmonic series. The impression of energy. Align them. That perceptual version. Think about it. Listen to each other. Trust your ears. Like a basketball team. 🏀Sources mentioned in this episode:⁠Large & Jones on Dynamic Attending Theory⁠⁠Danielsen et al. on perceptual centers and perceived timingPodcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠