{"id":27915,"date":"2021-03-29T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=27915"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:56:04","slug":"donald-dj-johnson-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/donald-dj-johnson-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-199\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald &#8220;DJ&#8221; Johnson: Metronome Madness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18491942\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s an uncomfortable space to be in, especially when you\u2019re playing with a metronome.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Try Drumeo for free for 7 days<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald \u201cDJ\u201d Johnson is the drummer for Khruangbin, an instrumental trio hailing from Houston, Texas. The irony of today\u2019s episode is due to the fact that Khruangbin does not record to a click track. They approach their recordings in a very \u201cold school\u201d kind of way. The band has recorded each of their albums at Mark (from Khruangbin)\u2019s family farm in Burton, Texas, which is a rural area between Houston and Austin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a band is going to record without a click, their timing must be impeccable &#8211; otherwise the editing would be nightmarish. Every musician needs to continually work to gain a strong internal pulse. With that being said, today\u2019s episode focuses on practical exercises to strengthen your timing through metronome practicing methods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You will hear about&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A brief metronome history lesson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gap click exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rob \u201cBeatdown\u201d Brown sharing a lesson on displacing the metronome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An active listening exercise featuring a Khruangbin tune<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemiolas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How I learned to love the metronome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Should You Listen?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We all need to submit ourselves to the metronome at some point. Timekeeping is arguably the most important skill to develop as a drummer. This episode provides at least two effective exercises to sharpen these skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music featured in today&#8217;s episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khruangbin &#8211; &#8220;People Everywhere (Still Alive)&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khruangbin &#8211; &#8220;So We Won\u2019t Forget&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khruangbin &#8211; &#8220;Friday Morning&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khruangbin &#8211; &#8220;Hasta El Cielo&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2mVVjNmdjXZZDvhgQWiakk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Follow Khruangbin on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow DJ:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/khruangbeanz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClVNG62FcO82sRtmAzmoNXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to be a tighter drummer with these metronome exercises (and a few awesome stories).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":27921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175,1570,4019,4039],"tags":[986,1608,990,1609],"class_list":["post-27915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-drumeo-gab","category-drummers","category-interviews","tag-drum-podcast","tag-drumeo-gab-podcast","tag-drumming-podcast","tag-seamus-evely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27915"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49482,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions\/49482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}