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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago

I can’t take Whiplash seriously because the premise is flawed; you don’t get good as a jazz drummer by becoming a human metronome. The whole thing has a cartoon model of musical excellence. Maybe it should’ve been a movie about sports instead https://t.co/u8AGnmmJuW

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

if you’re actually serious about becoming successful, study actual success stories. Miles Davis was someone who reliably developed musical genius in the players who played with him. He don’t have to treat them like shit to do it https://t.co/d4MiHAbbjG

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago

@__drewface (audio is weird bc I’ve sped it up 1.4x) Miles Davis was great at challenging and supporting young creative talents to perform at the edge of their abilities, and beyond Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, ~1:15:00 https://t.co/25kxwa1M4d

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

Fletcher: noooo that’s not quite my temporino 😭😭😭 Dizzy: https://t.co/o0nxiYEOXm

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

“Anytime I hit, it is correct.” - Dizzy Gillespie https://t.co/JxjrIbLz0g

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

the vibes of an excellent music teacher who makes everyone who plays with him better https://t.co/yShIMhnyUi

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

I truly can't with this man. Galaxy brain shit. Musical magician 🤯 https://t.co/Mtufs9qcKc

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/acaSnJsp5Z

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

cracking up at this drum lesson by Nate Smith (the 80/20 drummer) where he's trying to demonstrate to you how beginners are sloppy and make mistakes — but because he's so good at what he does, his deliberate mistakes are actually delicious and musical 😂 https://t.co/r7UhM1973J

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solarapparition@solarapparition• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv god i love that little smile when he realizes “damn i just made some good shit fucking around”

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Ex Vitrum@ExVitrum• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv I don't know anything about music, but it seems like even when he does it "wrong" there is still a very strict rhythm, even though the rhythm isn't the intended one.

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Pranav Anand@pranavanandd• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Do you think the drumming accuracy was the point of the movie or even a large part of it for most people?

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @pranavanandd

@pranavanandd I don’t care about most people https://t.co/annDqiraPH

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Pranav Anand@pranavanandd• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Fair, you don't have to and you can say that any tiny thing that's inaccurate can stop you from enjoying anything that's on you. Seems like a losing strategy

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Angular Ocean@AngularOcean• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv What sports work this way though? Darts?

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 1 year ago
Replying to @AngularOcean

@AngularOcean yea, and there are some elements of some sports that are like darts, eg Beckham’s free kicks or Steph Curry’s jump shots

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Angular Ocean@AngularOcean• over 1 year ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv This is true but also there must be some element of musical practice that works the same way, right?

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