{"id":34399,"date":"2022-04-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=34399"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:53:52","slug":"dennis-chambers-blue-matter-john-scofield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dennis-chambers-blue-matter-john-scofield\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Chambers Performs &#8220;Blue Matter&#8221; By John Scofield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-uIn7LtBPUc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch Dennis Chambers play &#8220;Blue Matter&#8221; off John Scofield&#8217;s 1986 album of the same name (and stick around to the end where he breaks down the groove).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This performance features a laid back groove, ghost notes, double strokes on the kick, and the deepest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/developing-your-own-pocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pocket<\/a>. It&#8217;s a lesson in control and discipline: you don&#8217;t need to be flashy to be a great drummer! Dennis Chambers is well known for playing exactly what the music needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Close your eyes and just listen to Dennis&#8217; incredible touch and dynamics. What a great sounding drummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When John Scofield was first putting this track together, Dennis started playing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-ultimate-guide-to-soul-and-funk-drumming\/#Go_go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go-go beat<\/a> at rehearsal, which was inspired by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TaqmHhH8QQ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Need Some Money<\/a>&#8221; by Chuck Brown &amp; The Soul Searchers. Do you hear the similarities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dennis-chambers-drum-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For more Dennis Chambers videos<\/a> and drum lessons (plus a <em>lot<\/em> more), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">become a Drumeo member<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to hear what a pro drummer should sound like? Listen to Dennis Chambers play John Scofield&#8217;s &#8220;Blue Matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":34422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4021,4016],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performances-and-playalongs","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34399","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34399"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34421,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34399\/revisions\/34421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}