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    Osessive Compulsive Drumming Disorder
    I saw this somewhere and thought I'd find out if we all here at Drumchat have it.

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    That's one of the fun disorders! Count me in as a victim, count me out as a patient looking to recover from it. I find myself tappin everywhere, it's wierd.
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    Drives my Mother in law nuts lol but she wasnt that hard to push over the edge

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    cripes! i eat sleep walk and talk drums, some mornings i wake up sore from drumming, look at my drums, flick em the bird swearing im gonna leave em alone for the day only to find myself playing them 2 hours later. not to mention im ocd about my setup, constantly making small adjustments.
    im sick in the head

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    I got some kind of disorder, just don't know what to call it. Probably nothing more than another " thread topic ". What's it called when I SAY to myself I'm going to play/ practice ....enter the music room....sit down....make a few adjustments...then leave. Over and over again. ( please don't ban me from the forum ! )
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    I've had it for over 35 years and there is no cure. I even quit playing my drums for like a day and I went into convulsions. Once you get it you are stuck with it buddy for life LOL.

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    something beyond inspiration evolves that promotes ambition. Then along comes inspiration again and the cycle starts all over. DFairly common in the music world.
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    yup! and for real i have in the actual been treated for ocd, luckily i found ways to cope successfully, rhythm being one of em. its a far better thing to mentally cycle around a beat, whats best is you can do it without even thinking.

    and yes ive been driving others crazy for many years! i consider myself a professional counter-top drummer
    don't put off till tomorrow what you can put off today

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    Cure is beating the hell out stuff

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    We're all affected

    All the lucky dudes free from this affliction were banned
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    I don't.

    I was a every day player for years and years. Once I started traveling with bands, I found that when I got home, I wouldn't touch them for a while. If we had 2 weeks off, I wouldn't play for a week, if we had a month off, I wouldn't touch them for 3 weeks. I found that the time away from playing let me come back to the set refreshed and ready to go, and I almost always came up with something new.

    I'm not a tapper on the table. I think there is a pair of sticks in the house somewhere. Don't even own a pad, never have. Never had a metronome, never will.

    I think you can over do it. When I was young, if I was trying to get something down, I would spend hour after hour working on it. What I found out, was if you walk away for a while, it comes easier.

    The same goes with tuning. You can't sit for hours and tune drums. After some time (different for different people) your ears don't hear it the same way as when you started. Tune a given drum for 10-15 minutes, go take a break for 15-20 minutes, then go back and tune some more. You will get where you want to go faster.

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    It's not a disorder.

    It's a claim by jealous guitarists. Yeah, that's it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rickthedrummer View Post
    What I found out, was if you walk away for a while, it comes easier.
    Rick, I have found the same works for me too. Some days I can't wait to get on the kit, then other days I am so tired from my day that all I can do is sit and play something for a few minutes then shut it down. I do find that if I am struggling with something, it is best to walk away and let my brain work it out for a while before I go back. It's always easier after that.
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    Even before playing drums, I was a tapper. Just always been that way. It does drive my wife and kids nuts. We could go out to eat at a place that plays music, and it starts my nervous leg tapping and moves up to my hands and fingers. I do alot more tapping of the fingers and hands. It's almost like doing rudiments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickthedrummer View Post
    I don't.

    I was a every day player for years and years. Once I started traveling with bands, I found that when I got home, I wouldn't touch them for a while. If we had 2 weeks off, I wouldn't play for a week, if we had a month off, I wouldn't touch them for 3 weeks. I found that the time away from playing let me come back to the set refreshed and ready to go, and I almost always came up with something new.

    I'm not a tapper on the table. I think there is a pair of sticks in the house somewhere. Don't even own a pad, never have. Never had a metronome, never will.

    I think you can over do it. When I was young, if I was trying to get something down, I would spend hour after hour working on it. What I found out, was if you walk away for a while, it comes easier.

    The same goes with tuning. You can't sit for hours and tune drums. After some time (different for different people) your ears don't hear it the same way as when you started. Tune a given drum for 10-15 minutes, go take a break for 15-20 minutes, then go back and tune some more. You will get where you want to go faster.
    Rick, I think thats commonly refered to as "burnout". My cousin was a very good mechanic, that last thing he wanted to do after work was.....work on someones car. Thats the mechanics curse, everyone in the nieghborhood knows who's a mechanic. His dad was also a great mechanic and still loved to work on car even though he ran his own repair shop. He just had a true love of motor mechanics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jafo View Post
    Rick, I think thats commonly refered to as "burnout". My cousin was a very good mechanic, that last thing he wanted to do after work was.....work on someones car. Thats the mechanics curse, everyone in the nieghborhood knows who's a mechanic. His dad was also a great mechanic and still loved to work on car even though he ran his own repair shop. He just had a true love of motor mechanics.

    I wouldn't call it burnout. I love the drums, have for almost 55 years.

    I just knew that you have to have other things in your life. Even when I was on the road, in the daytime, I'd find something to do that had nothing to do with music. When I would go play at night, I was up for it, looking forward to the gig, mainly because I didn't spend all day thinking about it. I left the worry part to the people in the band that obsessed about it.

    Now don't read that wrong. Of course I cared about the band, it was my livelihood. My obsession with it was when we were off the road, and thinking of new material to do. I know I said I wouldn't touch the drums for a while, which is true, but, I would go and watch everything being put together for the next trip. We would discuss the material we were going to do, settle on songs, and the guys and lady, would work out their parts and how they wanted to do it.

    I don't want this coming across as smart-a**, but, for the most part, I worked with pros, not people playing guitar or keyboards for 20 minutes. When you have that, you can take the time to have other things in your life, and, they did too.

    When you spend 4-6 months on the road together, I don't care how well you get along, there will be some friction, you can't avoid it. That was another reason, that after my first band, I never worked with my close friends again.

    You just have to know when you need a break. I'd go home, work on my car(s), see my friends, family, and do the things that I couldn't do on the road.

    The last week before we headed out, everybody was geared up for it, we would go to our studio, work out arrangements, spend 15 hours a day getting everything together and ready to go.

    If you don't have other things in your life, it will make you nuts doing what we did.

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    i stayed off the kit lastnite, few withdrawl symptoms. i do agree with others that when i take a few days off i come back and drum extremely well.

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    That urge to use your hands for rhythmic activities, I don't think it ever really ends. No matter where you run, where you hide, the need to drum consistently follows you around and doesn't let go. You are still a drummer even away from your kit, most everything else that you do supports the habit. Always thinkin like, oh I just got some money so I could really throw it down on the kit for a cymbal or some heads, etc. From the moment you become seriously involved with it, you'll find your life revolves around it. For me at least.
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    if double bass is cheating then so is using two sticks

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    I definitely have it...drives my wife crazy. My three young boys are doing it now to, want to be like dad!

    I probably couldn't count how many times I worked out different parts of a difficult song just tapping on the table.

    Hopefully I will never change

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    Quote Originally Posted by longgun View Post
    I definitely have it...drives my wife crazy. My three young boys are doing it now to, want to be like dad!

    I probably couldn't count how many times I worked out different parts of a difficult song just tapping on the table.

    Hopefully I will never change
    Just a quick question...don't mean to thread jack. How do you make the sig at the bottom of your posts? I've been clicking around for a while and cant figure it out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by longgun View Post
    Just a quick question...don't mean to thread jack. How do you make the sig at the bottom of your posts? I've been clicking around for a while and cant figure it out.
    Click on User CP on the top left

    On the left click on Edit Signature

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    I enjoy the side effects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jafo View Post
    Even before playing drums, I was a tapper. Just always been that way. It does drive my wife and kids nuts. We could go out to eat at a place that plays music, and it starts my nervous leg tapping and moves up to my hands and fingers. I do alot more tapping of the fingers and hands. It's almost like doing rudiments.
    I was a tapper before drums too. I remember my 7th grade teacher used to always yell at me because i'd be tapping away while we took notes. Good times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LL70 View Post
    I enjoy the side effects.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ View Post
    That urge to use your hands for rhythmic activiies, I don't think it ever really ends. No matter where you run, where you hide, the need to drum consistently follows you around and doesn't let go. You are still a drummer even away from your kit, most everything else that you do supports the habit. Always thinkin like, oh I just got some money so I could really throw it down on the kit for a cymbal or some heads, etc. From the moment you become seriously involved with it, you'll find your life revolves around it. For me at least.
    Exactly how I feel, Russ

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