Hi all.
I've been lurking on the site for a couple of months and love what I see so it's time to join in. A little about me: I started drumming about 5 years ago in my early/mid 40's. My best friend (a life long drummer) loaned me half of his double bass kit to start practicing on. After about 6 months and a few scattered lessons I found an awesome Tama Starclassic kit locally and "stole it" (to use the seller's words). I played on it for about a year and decided to make the switch to e-drums and I've never looked back. Bought a TD-9KX (I believe that's what I bought - version 1 with the mesh toms).
Originally I just wanted to play around on the kit and, if I let myself dream a little, thought one day I might be good enough to fill in at our then church when the regular drummer was gone. In other words, I thought playing in my spare bedroom would be all I'd ever do - haha. Well, life can sometimes exceed our expectations. My friend was playing in a band that went to a women's prison every other month to conduct a chapel service and minister to them. The band leader owns a music store and connected the band with a startup church. We visited and after a couple of weeks, I got the opportunity to play live. Since it was a startup the expectations were not that high (they had been singing to CDs.) I got about 6 months experience playing live there before they found a permanent team.
While there, the prison ministry band asked me to join them (my friend and I alternate songs) and I've been playing with them for 2 years and counting. I've since had the opportunity to play at another church for a couple of months while their drummer recovered from surgery and I currently fill in about once a month at one of our band mates' church when their drummer can't make it.
My friend bought the same TD-9 kit I have and we trade off ideas, settings, etc. I'm a lifetime member of drumeo.com and that's where I get 99% of my practice material. I've tried private lessons but don't care for the structure. If I want to take a week off, then I do. If I want to work on something different, I do. I realize that at my age I'm not going to be a more than probably average and so I don't feel compelled to spend the thousands of hours practicing. I play Contemporary Christian music and while some parts can be challenging, for the most part it's pretty straightforward stuff.
So that's about me (well - what pertains to drumming). Just having fun with it and enjoying it.
Thanks.
I've been lurking on the site for a couple of months and love what I see so it's time to join in. A little about me: I started drumming about 5 years ago in my early/mid 40's. My best friend (a life long drummer) loaned me half of his double bass kit to start practicing on. After about 6 months and a few scattered lessons I found an awesome Tama Starclassic kit locally and "stole it" (to use the seller's words). I played on it for about a year and decided to make the switch to e-drums and I've never looked back. Bought a TD-9KX (I believe that's what I bought - version 1 with the mesh toms).
Originally I just wanted to play around on the kit and, if I let myself dream a little, thought one day I might be good enough to fill in at our then church when the regular drummer was gone. In other words, I thought playing in my spare bedroom would be all I'd ever do - haha. Well, life can sometimes exceed our expectations. My friend was playing in a band that went to a women's prison every other month to conduct a chapel service and minister to them. The band leader owns a music store and connected the band with a startup church. We visited and after a couple of weeks, I got the opportunity to play live. Since it was a startup the expectations were not that high (they had been singing to CDs.) I got about 6 months experience playing live there before they found a permanent team.
While there, the prison ministry band asked me to join them (my friend and I alternate songs) and I've been playing with them for 2 years and counting. I've since had the opportunity to play at another church for a couple of months while their drummer recovered from surgery and I currently fill in about once a month at one of our band mates' church when their drummer can't make it.
My friend bought the same TD-9 kit I have and we trade off ideas, settings, etc. I'm a lifetime member of drumeo.com and that's where I get 99% of my practice material. I've tried private lessons but don't care for the structure. If I want to take a week off, then I do. If I want to work on something different, I do. I realize that at my age I'm not going to be a more than probably average and so I don't feel compelled to spend the thousands of hours practicing. I play Contemporary Christian music and while some parts can be challenging, for the most part it's pretty straightforward stuff.
So that's about me (well - what pertains to drumming). Just having fun with it and enjoying it.
Thanks.
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