aaajn
Silver Member
So, what can you do now that you couldn't do a year before? I am referring to drumming, but hey whatever comes to mind is all good. Progress is progress, personally or musically. You did progress some, right?
I am getting better at subdividing and am getting better at playing to a click. I really like it because it's like playing with another person in a way. Also I think my musical maturity is growing with each passing year. Attitude changes would reflect in your playing, so personal growth should mean musical maturity growth I would think. My drum solos are slowly improving. Emphasis on slowly. Ain't much, but slow and steady wins the race.
One thing that did occur to me this year...With all the thinking I do about the posts I write, that definitely has had a positive impact on my playing. Just thinking about drums and drumming shapes attitudes, which come out on the kit. They say thinking about shooting hoops is almost as good as actually shooting hoops, so time spent here is not wasted IMO.
For the first time, I heard a place in the song, based on the guitarist and I didn't need to "think" about the time, tempo and not moving up or down. It just stayed. It was a bit of an out of body experience. That actually happened a few weeks ago. May seem small on the surface, like I tied my shoes or remember to zip my trousers but for me, it was epoch. It was like somebody pulled a potato out of my ears and I could hear.