How to make a groovy drum Rhythm?

Hey everyone! So today, I’m going to share with you all how to create a groovy drum rhythm. 

Before we go into it, let’s have our moment of silence.

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How to make a groovy drum rhythm 

The way that you make a groovy rhythm, is very similar to how you make a chord progression. 

Let’s go over some of my tips 

1. Keep bass on 1,3, and anywhere else besides 2 and 4 So the way that this rule works is if you keep it simple. The bass on 1 and 3 gives it emphasis usually on a part where it needs emphasis. And the reason why I say anywhere else is because it adds a sense of rhythm that is customizable to what you want. 
2. Keep snare on 2 and 4 The snare on 2 and 4 puts emphasis on another part of the song where emphasis needs to be put. The whole reason why musicians put the snare on 2 and 4 on almost every song is because back in the early 1920s Jazz musicians were trying to create their own groove, and sure enough they did! And it sounds really good. 
3. Hi- hats The real meat and bones of making a solid hi-hat pattern is to keep it as simple as possible while supporting the other instruments. So like, If you have a really slow bass and snare combo, then you could put 16th note hi-hats to balance out the slowness and add a little bit of difference into the music. Because what happens is that music is a lot about harmonizing and dissonance and that word dissonance is when you contrast. And that contrast can also be found in drums. If you have something slow, then make the other part fast.
4. Repeat and Change. You need to repeat and change the song every so often. So like I’ll give you an example of how you repeat. You repeat the verses and the chorus’ and then change in the bridge and then repeat the chorus all the way at the end. And the way that you change is that you add fills and transitions to different parts of the song. So like say for example you’re about to go from the verse to the chorus, you can add a transition in  there to transition between the verse and the chorus. So like say for example in a song, you know how it goes from the verse into the chorus and there’s like a slight change in the drums at that point, that’s the transition. 
5. To make an Emotional or sad song, make it slow, to make an Aggressive or Happy song, make it fast. This is a general rule. The slow songs get the crowd feeling and crying over the fact that your guitar is speaking to them. The Aggressive and happy songs are faster because it gets the blood rate up. In general slow songs are the hits though. Don’t go too slow though. I don’t want to see a whole bunch of artists coming out with like 50 or 30 BPM songs just because I put down here that slow is a good speed. When I say slow I mean more like 80 to 100 BP

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