drummers

Hey, I'm finally doing a post on the address of this blog. Anyway, here goes.

People say drummers are a little weird in the head. Well hey, as far as I'm concerned, its true. If you ask any of my friends, family, or anyone who has ever played with me they'll tell you its true too. I'm one weird guy. But what makes us drummers weird? I'm not entirely certain. Perhaps its because we choose to submit ourselves to endless loud noise that often results in ringing ears. Maybe its because we play an instrument where its likely that daily you will smash your fingers. Maybe its because when some of us play (me especially) we pant as if we've just run a marathon because we've thrown ourselves into the music so much. Maybe, just maybe, its because drummers just need to be crazy. We have some many things to worry about all at once. You have to have all four limbs going at the same time, in time with each other. You have to have a metronome (device that makes annoying beaps in order to keep you in time) going constantly while you play. You have to use your fingers in conjuntion with your wrists, in conjuntion with your forearms, in conjunction with your upperarms, in conjunction with your shoulders, and they all have to work together smoothly. You have to be able to do different things with each limb all at the same time. you also have to pay attention to the music during all of this. Then theres the drummers who sing while they play, that something I'll never have the mind power to do. its extremely difficult even just to say yes or no, let alone singing lines in tune. Drumming is such a complex art that you have to be a little crazy in order to do it. Its also extremely fun.

Anyway, that was pretty poorly written and a little pointless but ohh well.