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RHYTHM: ON THE BEAT OFF THE BEAT
The most basic principle I can offer to you
regarding rock/blues/pop/funk keyboards is: Make sure your amp is
just as big and loud as the guitarist's. That and: all rhythm is about
whether you are playing right on the beats, or if you are playing
on the off-beats. The constant flow of emphasizing the pulse and playing
off of it (contrasting) makes up all rhythm. It is the difference
between being interesting or boring. Period.
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If you can freely combine various rhythms,
mix them up left and right, go straight down the highway with a driving,
hitting-on-all-the-pistons no curves for the next 100 miles across
Nevada kind of thing, AND then drive the lane, pump fake, look left,
dish right, duck behind a screen, take the return feed and toss in
a fade away floater from the deep corner well, you've got being ON
the beat, and playing OFF the beat (syncopation).
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