Re: Encouraging a young drummer
When I was young and just started learning the drums, I used to get terrible stage fright. I would almost freeze up when I had to do a fill. It terrified me to screw up. Then one time, my music teacher was showing us some new stuff on the drums and he kept screwing it up. He said, "See, even the guy that went to college to learn how to teach you makes mistakes!". He put my mind at ease and from then on, I just kept practicing, made mistakes and learned from them, until I got comfortable.
Because we are looked upon to "lead" the band, we sometimes put a lot of stress on ourselves. Relax and just try hard to have fun.
In the words of Rob Schneider......"You can doooooo iiiiittt!!!!!"
PDP MX Series Drums, Zildjian A Custom cymbals, Tama Simon Phillips Gladiator Signature snare, Roc-N-Soc throne.
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