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I have been playing since I was 12 yrs old and always thought I was a good drummer in relation to everyone else. some are better... some are not as good as I.

Great players have always inspired me because they gave me something to look forward to.
Will I be as good as ( insert name here ) when I get older has always kept pushing me on thinking that in time I too will get as good as my / your favorite drummer.
After all good things take time as my mother used to say. and rightfully so as any thing worth doing well does take time to grow and mature.
Ha !!!!
What a load of crap I was fed !
You are dealt the cards you are dealt with good or bad that's the scary truth.

That scary fact of life has always haunted me all my life knowing that no matter how hard i practice I will only get as good as my god given ability aka "you will only go so far " and that's it.
Now we all like to play drums here right. It's fun knowing you can make music , play music, express music.....did I say express music ???
don't you need a vocabulary to express music ? And the more you can articulate the better ? after all who wants to go around just knowing / understanding 3 chords or you basic rock beat all your life and not saying any thing else.

Its like learning only 10 words in another language and being happy with that !!
That gets old really fast knowing that people around you think you have limited brain power skills .
That being said I have to say that my brain was shocked after seeing this kid play.
Doing fills and independence at 10 that I at 56 still can't play .
Its a slap in the face of all the practicing I did
all my life thinking I was getting better when all I was getting was a bit more seasoning in my playing but still just as limited as overall skills involved.

hello..how are you ?
is all I can say drumming wise.
and that really sucks because I understand what he is doing. I just don't have the motor skills to say what I want to say.

I fall in that category of hearing more then I can play...and that's the worst because you know what you want to say and can't say it vs. you not understanding something and not want to say / talk that way anyway.

One knows / understands / hears everything and other hears nothing or very limited understanding

Very frustrating to say the least !

Now all I can think of is will this kid be as good as he is when he hits twenty yrs old ?
Most prodigy's loose their ability as they get order and become very good average players showing nothing of their stealer ability later in life
will he be happy, or will he get bored thinking " I learned everything there is to learn and nothing is a challenge any more "
Its no fun any more !
who knows ??

Check Him out and see for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAXCo4HmcA&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkfc6BxqAVQ&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWQ7YAoaswI

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G.K.

Edited by Gus Kund (Sat Apr 09 2011 01:47 PM)