Hello everyone,
I'm a new drummer that's just started playing a few months ago and I'd like to get some input on something. What I'm wondering is were do you find people to play with or groups to get involved with?
Let me give you some background. I'm a late in life drummer (48 years young) and I've had some musical background but it's been a number of years. I'm not in the music business nor do I really plan on it. Mostly because my day job pay the bills and gives me some extra spending money.
I've rally fallen for the drums and really enjoy practicing and I have a great instructor. I have weekly lessons and practice at least an hour a day. To this point I've been working with just the snare. I just finished putting my kit together this week and I've just started working with it. Here's where the issue comes in. Where do I go from here. I'm not good enough yet to get involved with a band, but I really like to play with some people. If for nothing else to help me gauge where I'm at and what I need to work on. I've thought about getting some music to play along with, but I'm not really setup for that yet.
I guess is what I'm asking is what does a beginner do from this point? I know at some point practicing without an end goal in mind will burn me out. I'd like to hear your thoughts or suggestions.
Take care,
Dave K
I'm a new drummer that's just started playing a few months ago and I'd like to get some input on something. What I'm wondering is were do you find people to play with or groups to get involved with?
Let me give you some background. I'm a late in life drummer (48 years young) and I've had some musical background but it's been a number of years. I'm not in the music business nor do I really plan on it. Mostly because my day job pay the bills and gives me some extra spending money.
I've rally fallen for the drums and really enjoy practicing and I have a great instructor. I have weekly lessons and practice at least an hour a day. To this point I've been working with just the snare. I just finished putting my kit together this week and I've just started working with it. Here's where the issue comes in. Where do I go from here. I'm not good enough yet to get involved with a band, but I really like to play with some people. If for nothing else to help me gauge where I'm at and what I need to work on. I've thought about getting some music to play along with, but I'm not really setup for that yet.
I guess is what I'm asking is what does a beginner do from this point? I know at some point practicing without an end goal in mind will burn me out. I'd like to hear your thoughts or suggestions.
Take care,
Dave K