drummingman
Gold Member
In my quest to find serious musicians to play with in a metal band I find that the vast majority are very young. Between 17 and 25. Very few people pursuing music as a full time career that I've met are my age (I'm 40).
I remember when I was 20 and I would contact musicians and find out they were older. Sometimes I would question how long they could realistically tour. But now being older myself it's given me a lot of perspective. Age really does not matter as long as a person has a burning desire to do something
Thankfully most of the youngins I've met are good with playing with me as a guy that is a good deal older then they are. Which is good because I can't find people my age that are serious anyway! I feel like Buddy Rich must have recruiting younger musicians to play with lol!
The good thing for me is that I don't let our age difference get in the way of anything. If they truly want to tour and record full time I am completely good with playing with people who are younger then I am.
At one point in my life I was the youngest member of a band I was in. Now I'm the oldest member of my current band (by at least 20 years!). It's kind of a trip!
I remember when I was 20 and I would contact musicians and find out they were older. Sometimes I would question how long they could realistically tour. But now being older myself it's given me a lot of perspective. Age really does not matter as long as a person has a burning desire to do something
Thankfully most of the youngins I've met are good with playing with me as a guy that is a good deal older then they are. Which is good because I can't find people my age that are serious anyway! I feel like Buddy Rich must have recruiting younger musicians to play with lol!
The good thing for me is that I don't let our age difference get in the way of anything. If they truly want to tour and record full time I am completely good with playing with people who are younger then I am.
At one point in my life I was the youngest member of a band I was in. Now I'm the oldest member of my current band (by at least 20 years!). It's kind of a trip!