So, why do you drum?

Pbassred · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: So, why do you drum?

What's your story? How did you get into it? why? What do you get out of it.

metal head · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject:

i've been playing bass for a little over 2 years and drums since may 2007. i just like making people dance. groove-wise korn, rammstein, pearl jam, and gravity kills are huge influences. because of them, i have this weird habit of bobbing my head up and down, even when there's no music on except for the song i got going through my head. it makes people think i've got some mental illness like autism.

hunter61073 · Tadpole Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 20

Drumming is a passion. The average person cannot get all 4 limbs going in sync at the same time, and it is a great stress relief!
I have been playing for over 30 years, and I have been from one side of the world to the other doing it. NOW.... due to an injury, I have to hang up the sticks and persue other forms of continuing my passion for drumming.
My 2 sons will be the legacy I leave behind. My 6 yr old is already playing the drums and loving it.(Wife hates it)...
Teaching the things I have learned over the years will be my way of expression for the years to come.

Peace

gigeoffro · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject:

My dad was a drummer so i picked up the stick around 6 and learned how to hold a basic grove. Around 14, I really started to get into it and took it a lot more seriously. I started practicing everyday and haven't stopped since.

I guess you could say I'm my dads' legacy

Splejse · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:17 am Post subject:

I started because my brother wanted me to start..... In the beginning i didnt like it very much, but now i love it... Im glad he was so stubborn...

born2drum · Not So Newbie Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 5

I love music and I was always listening to music so I decided to play drums as it's nearly in all genres of music.

mellodge · Tadpole Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 17 Location: uk

Like many, its in my blood. I was born to play drums,professional or otherwise. When I was a toddler,I used to beat the sh*t out of the couch with my mums knitting needles.

Sadly though. My parents were really poor, and buying me a kit was out of the question. And so, I was a late starter and didn't take up the drums until I was fifteen. seventeen years on and I'm still at it ,albeit on and off in that time,mainly due to band breakups.

I'm fairly accomplished,but pride myself on understanding the 'language' of drums and percussion, rather than superior technical ability, which to me isn't as important.

sbowman128675 · Tiger Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 804

my family is very music based, so i chose to pick up the drums at around age 11. only to sell that kit at age 12 and get a computer. i took up drums again when i was 14, this is my 4th year of drumming and its going good to far.