Re: What drumming faux pas do you commonly make?
Originally Posted by
gdmoore28
Oh boy, I can name several of these:
--I literally wore my teeth down keeping time by grinding my teeth. True.
--I tend to hum the song to myself instead of listening to the band. (That's how I learned to play. I had no headphones or hifi gear, so I just hummed the song and played. This habit has been almost impossible to break)
--Even with a metronome to kick off the song, I will drift off time by worrying about it too much. (I ignore the metronome once the song starts)
--My last band played a few pretty complicated songs, and I would invariably screw my parts by worrying about them too much. If I just played without thinking I would nail the part every time.
--Sometimes I would zone out and forget where we were in the song.
You'd think that after playing drums for over 50 years I would have conquered these problems a long time ago. But they still pop up. Dang it!!!!!!!!
GeeDeeEmm
I think we are long lost brothers! I have all the same habits. LOL!
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