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May be a little late in the game on this one, but if you are motivated enough to do it--in your case, play drums--you can develop your talent even it may not match those of others at first.
There is no typeface big enough to put what I want to say next: DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF TO OTHERS. Your buddy who learned in two months what it took you to learn in a year has a bigger challenge. If he slacks off down the road later because he thinks he knows it all, he won't progress, he'll regress.
I began studying drums in my mid-30's and there have always been guys younger (and older) who could play rings around me...at first...but rather than being discouraged about it, I learned from them (and vice versa). One of my closest drumming buddies is a dude young enough to be my son--and we're still learning from each other.
Go for it, bro'!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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