Ross and I had a two-hour thrash-about in the rehearsal studio today. What a relief and a release! It’s amazing how the cares of the world seem to lift away from me when I’m whacking the shit out of a drum kit for an hour or so. Neither of us had managed to learn ‘Kashmir’ (surprise, surprise) so we just jammed for a bit and then worked on a version of “I’m A Believer” by The Monkees. We’re getting more confident in our own abilities and losing our fear of making mistakes in front of each other, and as a result our timing as a twosome is improving all the time.
(Apologies if I’m losing you with my professional technical terminology, by the way!)
I still don’t think we’ll go anywhere with this and play gigs or anything, but it’s good fun and I’m getting better and that’s good enough for me.
I’m also getting more and more interested in listening to more music, and discovering new bands. Anytime Philippa is out I’m going to go on YouTube and watch old live music videos, and if I see anything I like I’ll download it and give it a few listens. If that goes well, the band will get their name on my List Of Groups To Investigate and I’ll get myself a copy of everything they’ve ever done and put it on my iPod.
What on Earth did music fans do before the Internet???
This Led Zeppelin lot that Ross keeps talking about seem to have a bit of something about them so I may start with their back catalogue and take it from there.
RC 26-9-13
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