cantstoplt021
Senior Member
So I've been playing drums for about a year now and really loving them. I'm also a guitar player, but in some ways drums feel like my instrument. I practice pretty much daily for a couple hours a day and I've really made some great progress lately. I think I'm ready to join my first serious band, but the only concern I have is my chops (namely my hand speed). There's just certain things/songs that I can't do yet, because I don't have the chops to do them. Fast fills and songs like everlong come to mind. At the end of the day this probably isn't that big of a deal as most of the music I'm interested in doesn't require fast chops. Two of my favorite drummers, Steve Jordan and JJ Johnson (Tedeschi Trucks Band), hardly ever show their chops off. I have spent most of my time working on independence, groove, styles and TIME. I like to think my timing is pretty solid on most things. The metronome is my best friend. Anyway how do chops relate to going a band. I think I have the advantage of having good solid time (which I've heard a lot of drummers not have) so chops might not matter in this case. I'm also not looking to play chop intensive genres right now.