Tuesday, December 1, 2009

I love Playing the Drums

I have been playing drums for a long time and I love it. I started when I was about 8-years old and today I am 40. I remember listening to music and thinking how much I would love to be able to do what I heard those drummers doing. I love the beat, the power, the drive. I have been playing drums for a long time and I love it.

One of the things you have to learn early on when you're learning to play the drums is not to take stuff to personally. People get made if their music isn't being played right and it is so easy to always blame the drummer for messing it all up. I had to develop a thick skin when it came to playing. All those drummer jokes use to bother me. Now I love telling them.

Music is so important to my life and playing drums is like air to me. I get so excited every time I get behind a kit. I feel like a little kid again. Some people look so serious when they play, like they are not having any fun. I think I look like a dork. I bounce up and down, make stupid faces, spit, throw sticks, whatever and it's all fun. I love playing the drums.