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    Hi all,

    I’m new to DrumChat. I have an interesting situation I could use some advice on. First a little background.

    I’m 49 and have been drumming since I was 12. I took lessons through my teen years into my late 20’s and while I learned a lot, I never was a standout. I’ve played professionally and absolutely love playing. I love listening to and watching technical drummers like Neil Peart and while I can fake my way through some RUSH tunes I’m never going to be Neil. I enjoy the meat and potatoes style of drummers like Ringo Starr, Herman Rarebell and Joey Kramer.

    Here is the problem.

    I now live in New Orleans and love the local music and drumming style, though I don’t want everything I play to be second line influenced. For my birthday my wife gave me an introductory drum lesson with drum legend Johnny Vidacovich. I have no clue how to even go into this lesson. I can play but I feel that I’m going in as a beginning 12 year old all over again. I know I can gain something from this great man but how do I even start?

    Any advice/suggestions?

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    Welcome to Drum Chat Johnny Blond!

    Remember how you felt when you had your lessons in your teen years. You were open to learning what the teacher could offer to you. This is exactly how you need to approach the lesson with Johnny Vidacovich. Just be open to what he will offer you as the student.

    Just my 2 cents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pastor_bob View Post
    Welcome to Drum Chat Johnny Blond!

    Remember how you felt when you had your lessons in your teen years. You were open to learning what the teacher could offer to you. This is exactly how you need to approach the lesson with Johnny Vidacovich. Just be open to what he will offer you as the student.

    Just my 2 cents.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pastor_bob View Post
    Welcome to Drum Chat Johnny Blond!

    Remember how you felt when you had your lessons in your teen years. You were open to learning what the teacher could offer to you. This is exactly how you need to approach the lesson with Johnny Vidacovich. Just be open to what he will offer you as the student.

    Just my 2 cents.
    Exactly this. It's the way I have to think now as I keep learning and improving on tuned percussion, piano and other percussion instruments. You never stop learning.
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    Since this is an "introductory" lesson, he will ask you to work around the kit so he can get a feel for the current level of ability. If you read charts, that's good but if not, he will work around that. He will be able to provide a few drills for you to work on to improve what you already have............or maybe a simpler way to do something you can already do.

    However the one thing you can certainly expect is that he will attempt to book you for a series of lessons.............perhaps even with price breaks..........for example, a weekly lesson for a year.
    So you need to be thinking about how you want to react to that.

    Whether you like him or what he teaches you can play a big role............I would likely want to think it over and get back to him with your preferred frequency of lessons, if any.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post
    Since this is an "introductory" lesson, he will ask you to work around the kit so he can get a feel for the current level of ability. If you read charts, that's good but if not, he will work around that. He will be able to provide a few drills for you to work on to improve what you already have............or maybe a simpler way to do something you can already do.

    However the one thing you can certainly expect is that he will attempt to book you for a series of lessons.............perhaps even with price breaks..........for example, a weekly lesson for a year.
    So you need to be thinking about how you want to react to that.

    Whether you like him or what he teaches you can play a big role............I would likely want to think it over and get back to him with your preferred frequency of lessons, if any.

    Great Advice!

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