![]() ![]() ![]() Nothing gets an audience moving like a solid rhythm team, and a solid rhythm team is one of the pocket. To me the pocket is the rhythmic glue that holds a band, and most good music in general, together. Others may say of the pocket “Its nothing more than keeping good time and playing a part that sounds good for the song.”. Keeping the groove consistent and never losing timing. Some may say the pocket is the place of consistency of the kick drum, actually playing the same rhythm, and the bass player linking up and playing to that very same rhythm, or playing off that rhythm. Lets discuss exactly what this phrase means. “In the pocket” is where a solid rhythm section lives. ![]() This mystical term “Playing in the Pocket” may sound like nonsense to the uninitiated or untrained, but to any serious bass player or drummer it is absolute necessity. ![]()
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