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Anthony Amodeo
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I only had that passion (if not knowledge) early on but The Trill Has Gone. It's great that you still have it. It's a gift.
I started out playing along with records and I thought it all sounded great! Boom! Crash! Clunk! Too much fun! Oh, and adults hate it - yeah! I played every spare moment - on pads, floors, my legs, someone else's legs, tables, chairs, car bonnets ...
After a few years I realised that I actually played sloppy and struggled with fast or intricate passages ... I lost some of the passion. I wasn't Queen Poop on the drums, any more haha ... just another self-taught plodder.
I still love the sound when playing with a band, where as Bo pointed out and something I'm grateful for, boom-bap and minor variants are often the right thing to play.
As for pads, I can only play on them for short stretches because I hear every imperfection clear as day. Ouch.
I think this often happens with older sportspeople too - they tire of training and just want to play the matches.
the only known footage of Grea behind the kit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZkFOZoP-o&feature=player_embedded
go get 'em girl