Still working...

I've been hitting the drums a lot lately, I'm still enjoying the heck out of it!

I was sitting in a meeting yesterday with the entire team, 15 or so people, and after a making a comment I found myself doing a drum roll with my pen and a crash on my water glass. I guess it's becoming second nature! :)

I still haven't rigged up something so I can record myself. I need to get that done.

I still need to adjust my left double pedal, it's a little lower than the right.

I've been working on a combination of things. I've been doing a few of the Thomas Lang exercises, playing a long with some Roland patterns and just getting a feel for things, feeling the groove. I did worry about not pushing myself or setting goals, just mashing around and having fun is good, but I want to progress. So the other day I started focusing on rudiments and freedrumlessons.com. I'm going to make my way through the Rock Drum lessons. I found one play-along-song that I just love and I've been listening to that over and over again.

Moddern Drummer Festival: 2005

I watched disc 1 over the weekend and it was awesome. I watched parts of it a couple times actually! :) Lots of great stuff. I hope to catch disc 2 today and disc 3 later this week.

I'm not looking to copy anyone and I understand being your own player and original. But I'm at the stage where I'm just learning the alphabet and a few words. I think as I learn more words from others I'll learn how to make my own or put them together. It's great stuff!