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This click track business is always a controversial topic when recording drums. Since I've been in the middle of about 10,000,000 click track debates and have been on both sides of the fence on various sessions, I figured I'd shed some light on the topic of click tracks.

Myth #1: All bands should use click tracks
Right out of the gate I want to make it clear that not all bands benefit from click tracks. These are the best of the best musicians that have the ability to groove without need of a click and can explain exactly why they don't need a click from personal experience. These are the bands that have already recorded to a click track before and have made the decision to let the natural talent (and decades of experience) breath through the music. In my experience these are usually musicians who grew up playing back in the day. As of this writing I know of very very few musicians in their 20s who fall into this group. If you didn't make a serious run at getting signed in the 80s this probably isn't you.

Myth #2: ...