Foggie Blur
Member
I’m in my forties and started playing at 13 yrs old, had 5 yrs of lessons, played in cover band and original bands until about 22. Since then I leave the drums for a few years and come back and teach or get in a band or jam. I ve just came back to playing again from a longer hiatus and am contacting other musicians on kijiji or online musicians. In the past, in bands I ve played with younger and older players and ageism never crossed my mind. In fact, hands down, the personality match of players has always been way more important then ages of the people.
Since hitting the 40 yr mark it seems like I’ve crossed some magical age line for music. One guy I was emailing with told me after several emails and after he found out my age....man YOU too OLD to play drums! I was so mad I forgot to pick up my viagra at the drug store! Bwahaha no not really.
WTF? The Rolling Stones are in their 70s, Ozzy way up there and both are rocking out with legions of super bands in their 50. Shouldn’t this nonageism trickle down to me. WTF just don’t get it.
What do you guys think? Should the 40 plus drummers just expect this? Should we all just stick with a five year perimeter age group for our band mates?
Thanks!
Foggie Blur
Also check out my YouTube channel-
Since hitting the 40 yr mark it seems like I’ve crossed some magical age line for music. One guy I was emailing with told me after several emails and after he found out my age....man YOU too OLD to play drums! I was so mad I forgot to pick up my viagra at the drug store! Bwahaha no not really.
WTF? The Rolling Stones are in their 70s, Ozzy way up there and both are rocking out with legions of super bands in their 50. Shouldn’t this nonageism trickle down to me. WTF just don’t get it.
What do you guys think? Should the 40 plus drummers just expect this? Should we all just stick with a five year perimeter age group for our band mates?
Thanks!
Foggie Blur
Also check out my YouTube channel-