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All in good fun. Real compliments are shared too, but the best thing is when someone look happy about our (or my) playing.

On our latest rehearsal, the bassplayer's amp went dead, and the guitar player remarked: "Suddenly we sounded so good". When I told them I couldn't make it to the next rehearsal someone said: "well, then we might get some groove going" 😀

There's many hard drum parts, but for me I would say Deep Purple's "Burn".

Yes, and drumming and music is my therapy. Wouldn't know what to do without it. I just kept practising without any joy because I didn't know what else to do. Now it's more joyable again, it just takes a long, long time to get there. Just keep on.

Maybe I'll go to see Gong this spring, don't think there are any original members left.

This:

I play in two coverbands, in the first band we have some gigs but not many, maybe one every other month. We play the hits of the seventies from Bowie, T-Rex, Mott, 10cc etc. We have rehearsed Genesis "Firth of Fifth" King Crimson "Starless" among other prog classics which is great fun, but we...

Look up Daniel Glass, excellent drummer and teacher. Taking lessons with him were great, in fact I didn't reflect on him being lefthanded.

Hope he did. I would..

I think the poster meant Tony Thompson, not Tony Williams.

Lucky Man -ELP Owner of a lonely heart - Yes (already mentioned)

I use the Buddy Rich sticks. I'm a fan of those, the drummer not as much.

I've got a moongel pad, but much prefer brushes on a snare drum or on a quiet tone pad. Good for wrists and getting off the drum.

And hard work doesn't get you far with zero talent.

Wife & kids... but I guess it's the right priority?

Flower Kings:

Zoltan Csörsz- The Flower Kings.

I really think that it must be a lot easier to get good at math than to get good at our instrument. And I don’t think one has anything to do with the other.