For musicians the expression “getting into the groove” signifies a comfortable pace just they hit their stride in a song.  It is a good feeling and the kind the player would love to sustain.

A examplar story of this comes from the recording of the song “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”

This was the 11th American studio album recorded by the Rolling Stones, released in 1971.  This is in my personal top five albums of all time and “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is the standout song for me.

You can feel the groove

The song clocks in at a little over seven minutes long.  It was written as a three minute tune but at four minutes in, Mick Taylor, the Stones lead guitarist at the time, just picks of the groove and solo’s to the end.

Glyn Johns, the engineer, just let the tape keep running.  You can hear Mick is inspired, in the groove and just can’t stop.  It is both absorbing and infectuous for the listener.

Getting your groove on

When you can, whether it is playing music, a game or whatever activity has you absorbed when the opportunity arises to get your groove on, go with the flow – it feels good.