Talismanis
Senior Member
I think if you try and look relaxed and enjoy yourself, do it right and you'll start to feel more relaxed and enjoy yourself more as well.
I reckon a lot of drumming is mental, even getting insane chop and stuff; we have the same human bodies as all the professionals, we just have to use our brains in the right way to make our wrists play that kind of impressive stuff. Mind over matter, self-belief, free your mind neo, all that jazz. It's not the only thing to rely on, but it sure helps if you have your mental aspect covered. I reckon that believing in your mind that you are relaxed and that you can play this gig, play this solo .etc comes off in your playing.
And then you can look all relaxed and cool when you're playing, and then when all the drum magazines come and interview be like "It is mind over matter, ancient wisdom kung fu woo" which is personally, I believe, the reason Billy Cobham sometimes wears his ninja headband.
Of course if you look all tense because you're playing stuff that really is far too fast for you to play but you don't care and you're playing it anyway, then people will be like OHMAGAWD YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE AND INTO THE DRUMS YOU'RE A MASTER or some nonsense like that.
I reckon a lot of drumming is mental, even getting insane chop and stuff; we have the same human bodies as all the professionals, we just have to use our brains in the right way to make our wrists play that kind of impressive stuff. Mind over matter, self-belief, free your mind neo, all that jazz. It's not the only thing to rely on, but it sure helps if you have your mental aspect covered. I reckon that believing in your mind that you are relaxed and that you can play this gig, play this solo .etc comes off in your playing.
And then you can look all relaxed and cool when you're playing, and then when all the drum magazines come and interview be like "It is mind over matter, ancient wisdom kung fu woo" which is personally, I believe, the reason Billy Cobham sometimes wears his ninja headband.
Of course if you look all tense because you're playing stuff that really is far too fast for you to play but you don't care and you're playing it anyway, then people will be like OHMAGAWD YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE AND INTO THE DRUMS YOU'RE A MASTER or some nonsense like that.