Blueskitten
Junior Member
In my short drumming experience (5 yrs) and living in a town that is referred to as "Ground Zero for the Blues" I get very frustrated with the blues bands here. I have been taking private lessons & lessons at a local blues museum for 5 yrs. I wish I had been around earlier - I would have been a great drummer for the old Delta blues musicians! I know my drumming strengths & weaknesses. I am great at keeping a beat but simplistic in my fills but the fills I do are appropriate to the songs. I am often asked to sit in for jams or to do some drumming with bands ("guest drummer") but I always refuse due to the intimidation I feel about drummers who are all over the drums. Is this common to feel or is my lack of confidence holding me back? I don't want to be a rock & roll drummer - I prefer the Ola Dixon philosophy: "I may not be fancy but boy can I keep the beat".