Re: Nature vs Nurture
i too think that some people are born with natural talent, yet the thing that really makes people into great drummers is passion. If you drive towards your goal, you'll obviously do much better than someone who relaxes and doesn't try.
However, I think another factor that determines how much natural talent on the drums or any other instrument for that matter is what kind of music or how much music you listened to as you grew up. I've read stories about drum prodigies who, as soon as they were born, were put in a room filled with various music like jazz. Soon, they may have been tapping along. The more complex or influential the music is, the better, because the kids learn to recognize more complex things at a younger age. When they grow older, they may have rhythm already built into their brain from hearing music so much as a child.
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