LukeSnyder
Gold Member
Jesus Christ. I've been learning for 6 months now. I purchased a Samson 7kit, and for now set up the overheads only. I then this weekend recorded myself playing along to a song I've been obsessed with learning (Muse's Hysteria).
I knew I didn't play it well, as I'm such a noob still. However, I never imagined how badly I sucked. It's bad. I heard that recording myself would be an eye opening experience, but I never thought it would be like this.
For a moment I second guessed this whole thing. What the hell was I thinking when I decided to start this whole drum thing at 33 yo? What was I smoking? I'll never be good, it's been 6 months and the amount of suckage I produce is huge.
But then I gave it a try for a couple of hours, and repeatedly recorded myself playing the different grooves in the song, and tried to fix things slowly. I actually improved more in this couple of hours of recording myself (as far as jamming to this song) than I had in the past month.
I am trying to see the light in this whole situation and realize that now that I see how bad I am, I can try to fix things.
Did you ever have such a revealing moment when you were learning (or later)?
Watching and listening to yourself play is one of the most important things you can do, during your regular practice when you're not recording, try setting up a mirror near your set so you can watch the whole time, that will also speed up your progress!
Don't get discouraged, just keep working at it! You saw yourself how you can improve noticeably in just a few hours, keep that up for another year and you'll be a killer drummer