oldskoolsoul
Silver Member
I remember someone saying in that unpopular opinion thread that a mediocre player can still give decent drumming advice, or something like that..
I thought thats an interesting statement of which i think that technically the statement is true..
But, in reality, when taking any drumming advice, is the level of playing from the person who gives the advice for yourself important or not..?
I tend to say yes..
Because, for example, someone can maybe tell me exactly how a car should be driven and how to behave properly in traffic, but when that same person drives like an idiot, always has accidents and each half year needs a new gearbox, then for me gets difficult to follow any advice that person gives regarding driving a car..
In the same time, playing music is not the same as driving a car..
If someone can drive a car can be measured more easy by the amount of accidents someone has or if someone needs a lot of repairments on their car (because of their driving skills) or not, while saying if someone can play or not is much more subjective and can not really be 'measured'..
For example, someone can completely suck at all the rudiments and technical things, but still be the best and most authentic drummer for the band they have..
Another way to ask the same question could be..:
Are you taking all the drumming advice you can get, regardless from who, or are you very selective..?
I thought thats an interesting statement of which i think that technically the statement is true..
But, in reality, when taking any drumming advice, is the level of playing from the person who gives the advice for yourself important or not..?
I tend to say yes..
Because, for example, someone can maybe tell me exactly how a car should be driven and how to behave properly in traffic, but when that same person drives like an idiot, always has accidents and each half year needs a new gearbox, then for me gets difficult to follow any advice that person gives regarding driving a car..
In the same time, playing music is not the same as driving a car..
If someone can drive a car can be measured more easy by the amount of accidents someone has or if someone needs a lot of repairments on their car (because of their driving skills) or not, while saying if someone can play or not is much more subjective and can not really be 'measured'..
For example, someone can completely suck at all the rudiments and technical things, but still be the best and most authentic drummer for the band they have..
Another way to ask the same question could be..:
Are you taking all the drumming advice you can get, regardless from who, or are you very selective..?