lowdowner
Senior Member
Monday night (it seems a *very* long time ago) I had my first ever tryout!
A band (whose drummer is leaving the country) saw my ad on gumtree and asked me to go and have a 'no pressure jam' to see if I could join them.
I've never played drums with a band, with only taking lessons for 18 months and playing alone with tracks on my headphones. They sent me a set list and I chose 8 tracks to learn in the week before. I was really nervous but really wanted the gig. This is really what I started drumming for so it really mattered!
Anyway, they were a great bunch and I completely nailed it! I know i'm not supposed to crow about it but I was really not sure I was ready. As soon as the band started playing I felt really relaxed and just kept a simple groove going. A few fills at the end of songs, sometimes a chorus on ride, you know, the usual 'in the groove' stuff.
I was grinning so widely I thought the top of my head would fall off.
We were jamming in a pub and as the night went on I managed to drink a couple of bottles of beer. What I didn't realise was that after 3 hours of drumming and a few beers, my playing started to get sloppy. Not bad, just loose...
I got the gig, but I wondered if anyone else found that even a small amount of falling down juice made them sloppy - or even out of time?
I now feel like a real drummer - but I'm not going to drink during a gig that's for sure!
A band (whose drummer is leaving the country) saw my ad on gumtree and asked me to go and have a 'no pressure jam' to see if I could join them.
I've never played drums with a band, with only taking lessons for 18 months and playing alone with tracks on my headphones. They sent me a set list and I chose 8 tracks to learn in the week before. I was really nervous but really wanted the gig. This is really what I started drumming for so it really mattered!
Anyway, they were a great bunch and I completely nailed it! I know i'm not supposed to crow about it but I was really not sure I was ready. As soon as the band started playing I felt really relaxed and just kept a simple groove going. A few fills at the end of songs, sometimes a chorus on ride, you know, the usual 'in the groove' stuff.
I was grinning so widely I thought the top of my head would fall off.
We were jamming in a pub and as the night went on I managed to drink a couple of bottles of beer. What I didn't realise was that after 3 hours of drumming and a few beers, my playing started to get sloppy. Not bad, just loose...
I got the gig, but I wondered if anyone else found that even a small amount of falling down juice made them sloppy - or even out of time?
I now feel like a real drummer - but I'm not going to drink during a gig that's for sure!