I began taking drum classes yesterday. It means:
- I'm not going on with my kendo (Japanese sword) and improvisation (theatre) classes.
- I'm not giving up searching for "my passion" or "my thing" despite how ugly these hobbies look in their structured-monetised covers served strictly one hour per week.
- I want to "make" music, and I don't want to die before I make it.
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So how did it feel like?
It surely feels gooood to hit the drums with all my power. It really is a basic instinct to hit a surface and get fascinated as it reacts and resonates according to your movements. But unlike some instruments, drum is all about letting your instincts show in an extremely controlled manner. The same pace, the same pattern, the same order for minutes for hours, for ages. You are setting the background of the song, being the backbone of the group, policing around. Not experimenting, that's not your job if you are not Keith Moon. You have to stay within your boundary, stay within the same pattern no matter how emotional the song gets. %100 concentration, %100 dedication...
It's more fun than it sounds though... Very useful if you need some loud self-discipline or syncronization of head, legs and arms. Useful indeed if you want to make army-like sounds and use rhtym instead of a gun.
