Greetings folks- after a million years! An oblique slantly rant/musing that crossed my mind and I thought I'd share
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What is it about our fascination with speed? About the degree of difficulty?
In music - in everything else? Usain Bolt. Mike Schumacher, Racehorses, Mike Mangini, Eddie Van Halen? Ringo's drum parts? Neil Peart's drum parts? Gavin Harrison's drum parts? Tight rope-walking across the Grand Canyon? A triple Axel on the ice skating ring?
We hold our breadth and see if human endeavour can be bettered? faster, higher, stronger? The Olympics? The world chess championships?
What about music? The music olympics? WFD aside, which is self-confessedly a fun sport for drummers, almost everyone feels that music cannot/should not be judged, and yet it we do it all the time. There is a part of us that is constantly doing that.
Specially drummers? maybe even guitar players? Not so many horn players or piano players. though...
Fastest, smartest, toughest? Can it also be sublimest? chopp-iest? groov-iest?
Why do we do this?
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What is it about our fascination with speed? About the degree of difficulty?
In music - in everything else? Usain Bolt. Mike Schumacher, Racehorses, Mike Mangini, Eddie Van Halen? Ringo's drum parts? Neil Peart's drum parts? Gavin Harrison's drum parts? Tight rope-walking across the Grand Canyon? A triple Axel on the ice skating ring?
We hold our breadth and see if human endeavour can be bettered? faster, higher, stronger? The Olympics? The world chess championships?
What about music? The music olympics? WFD aside, which is self-confessedly a fun sport for drummers, almost everyone feels that music cannot/should not be judged, and yet it we do it all the time. There is a part of us that is constantly doing that.
Specially drummers? maybe even guitar players? Not so many horn players or piano players. though...
Fastest, smartest, toughest? Can it also be sublimest? chopp-iest? groov-iest?
Why do we do this?
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