i'm having a lot of issues currently and i figure most of you may have gone through this.
I want to see if i'm alone or not, if not please give me some advice here.
To introduce myself:
I'm currently 23, and been playing since i was 8... during middle school and high school i never picked up the sticks once, when i was young i was always told i was a natural by my teachers.
Right after high school i joined a band, we went strong for about 3-4 years, played a hundred or so shows until finally drama happened and things were never the same and it broke.
After that i took a year off of drumming to focus on finishing up college. My current career is the fallback.
Now I'm back to drumming and finding myself lost. I'm finding an overwhelming load of drumming information coming my way, i've picked up a lot of books and i really don't know what to start to get more into the advanced level.
Right now, i'm trying to do all of this at once:
- The 26 rudiments, trying to apply them to grooves
- Dynamics, ghost notes, accents
- Getting my left foot better for double bass
- Dipping into different styles, jazz, latin, ska, funk
- Sticking, doing patterns with the right hand while playing a beat (i really suck at this)
- Covering every song I love to kill boredom
I am overwhelmed by all of this, to the point where i'm too frustrated to even start something. I keep changing my mind every minute.
Do you guys have any direction on where i can go? What are the core fundamentals i NEED to get down before i even try different styles of music, or rudiment grooves? How can i do it without wanting to bash my head in? I get bored easily
I have no confidence in my skill set, it just doesn't feel solid. I have mastered various things but there's a lot of spaces in between that are not filled.
I want to see if i'm alone or not, if not please give me some advice here.
To introduce myself:
I'm currently 23, and been playing since i was 8... during middle school and high school i never picked up the sticks once, when i was young i was always told i was a natural by my teachers.
Right after high school i joined a band, we went strong for about 3-4 years, played a hundred or so shows until finally drama happened and things were never the same and it broke.
After that i took a year off of drumming to focus on finishing up college. My current career is the fallback.
Now I'm back to drumming and finding myself lost. I'm finding an overwhelming load of drumming information coming my way, i've picked up a lot of books and i really don't know what to start to get more into the advanced level.
Right now, i'm trying to do all of this at once:
- The 26 rudiments, trying to apply them to grooves
- Dynamics, ghost notes, accents
- Getting my left foot better for double bass
- Dipping into different styles, jazz, latin, ska, funk
- Sticking, doing patterns with the right hand while playing a beat (i really suck at this)
- Covering every song I love to kill boredom
I am overwhelmed by all of this, to the point where i'm too frustrated to even start something. I keep changing my mind every minute.
Do you guys have any direction on where i can go? What are the core fundamentals i NEED to get down before i even try different styles of music, or rudiment grooves? How can i do it without wanting to bash my head in? I get bored easily
I have no confidence in my skill set, it just doesn't feel solid. I have mastered various things but there's a lot of spaces in between that are not filled.