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Yes, I'll go with that and go with the tempo set by the drummer.
I think I've been lucky to mostly work with drummers with good time. One drummer friend, who has great time, used to make a sign of revving a motorbike if he thought I was pushing the beat forwards. At least I was out of reach because the bass player got poked with his drumstick
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It just comes down to experience and intention.
Some people naturally speed up or slow down when playing.
The way you get around it is by practicing with a metronome.
The way to fix any problem with musical practice is
a) identify the problem
b) accept that it needs to be fixed
c) do the work necessary to fix it
That is it.
The problem is a lot of musicians either think that a) isn't happening or b) it is just part of 'their style'.
If you are dealing with either of those two situations then there isn't much you can do.
Then the issue with c) is some people are just lazy and don't want to do the work, or want it to magically go away.
Doesn't work like that.
Some people have natural tendencies- I seem to swing everything, just a bit.
I play in a functions band where that isn't always appropriate so I had to do the work to play straight.
I did the work, it isn't a problem now.
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A drummer that can keep time is the best asset,
There are apps for timekeeping. I bought a Roland TR-505 drum machine and learned to program it. I put in a click consisting of a cowbell and bass drum and played it through my stereo system. Practicing with it cured whatever time issues I had. I also stopped smoking weed on gigs. That helped too.
My time improved so much that a recording engineer once used a drum track of mine as a click for another drummer in his studio.
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