Riccardo G. Drummer
New Member
Hi everyone, I'm a 22 year old Italian boy. I'm writing this post when I'm going through a heavy drumming period
In the last period when I go to my drum room I don't know what to do, I play some songs, I record myself, but after 20 minutes I get bored and the desire passes away.
I am trying to carry out a cover project on youtube but it is difficult and without exciting results. I also post some videos on Instagram, they have a lot of appreciation but it's not enough for me. I am a drummer who really likes to play gigs, something that cannot be done in this period, but at the same time I like to improve myself, even if I find I find routine study extremely BORING, even if I see many other drummers doing it, creating a study routine, with maybe some rudiments etc. here, those things I don't like and I find them extremely boring. My idea of "improving" is to play songs many hours a day. I know I'm wrong but I can't find any other way to play.
I've been playing for 11 years and everyone has always told me that I have a talent. This thing has always given me the push to go on but in the last period, that I am no longer playing with anyone due to the pandemic, I find myself locked up in my drum room playing often difficult songs! Yes, because in fact I am a fan of melodic metalcore, like Erra, Periphery, Architects, Veil of Maya etc. etc. technical songs that I always tend to play them by ear because I don't feel like studying them.
I know I'm wrong a lot of things that the "professional drummer" does, but I feel like that. I don't know which way to take, I feel trapped in a passion that I don't understand if it can be my future or a normal passion. When I played with others I felt I had a talent, that I could break everything! When I am alone I cannot have the same badness in playing, I often judge myself when I play (probably for the difficult songs I do) and I keep comparing myself to better drummers than me...
In the last period when I go to my drum room I don't know what to do, I play some songs, I record myself, but after 20 minutes I get bored and the desire passes away.
I am trying to carry out a cover project on youtube but it is difficult and without exciting results. I also post some videos on Instagram, they have a lot of appreciation but it's not enough for me. I am a drummer who really likes to play gigs, something that cannot be done in this period, but at the same time I like to improve myself, even if I find I find routine study extremely BORING, even if I see many other drummers doing it, creating a study routine, with maybe some rudiments etc. here, those things I don't like and I find them extremely boring. My idea of "improving" is to play songs many hours a day. I know I'm wrong but I can't find any other way to play.
I've been playing for 11 years and everyone has always told me that I have a talent. This thing has always given me the push to go on but in the last period, that I am no longer playing with anyone due to the pandemic, I find myself locked up in my drum room playing often difficult songs! Yes, because in fact I am a fan of melodic metalcore, like Erra, Periphery, Architects, Veil of Maya etc. etc. technical songs that I always tend to play them by ear because I don't feel like studying them.
I know I'm wrong a lot of things that the "professional drummer" does, but I feel like that. I don't know which way to take, I feel trapped in a passion that I don't understand if it can be my future or a normal passion. When I played with others I felt I had a talent, that I could break everything! When I am alone I cannot have the same badness in playing, I often judge myself when I play (probably for the difficult songs I do) and I keep comparing myself to better drummers than me...