Jamer

One of the things that scares us the most as a musician or an instrumentalist is our FUTURE. We ask ourselves questions like: What would the future be like for an instrumentalist? Am I still going to jam the drums in my 40’s and 50’s? Music is the only thing I know, if I am not playing what else can I do to earn a living as an instrumentalist? If you have not thought about questions like this, I have. And honestly it can be a vibe or even a dream killer. But like football, every industry has its branches. For example, if the dream was to become a professional footballer and you are not, due to injury and other life troubles, you can also be a football coach, writer, manager, anchor, referee or even a talent scout. All of this profession still revolves around football. You are still going to do the thing that you love but in a different way. Same goes for instrumentalist. There are other branches in this music or instrumentalist industry. You just got to settle and think about it. ...

We can’t do it all alone. I can’t do it all alone. And that’s why most times we (instrumentalist) need that push, support and encouragement from our friends and families to keep doing the things that we love. We’ve been told to get a real job coz playing an instrument is not a profession, it is something you do for fun. We hear things like “is this what you want to do your whole life”, “can you build a house or buy a car from playing an instrument”, “no one makes a living from their talent”, “forget about this and pursue a real career” etc.……… I am pretty sure some of us have heard things we like this. And due to societal pressure, lack of support and encouragement from the people that we love and serve, some who are making little to nothing from playing the drums, have made the decision to learn a skill, get a job or start a business. But the fact that we doing this other thing (job, hustle, business) doesn’t mean we want to stop playing or doesn’t mean we are just going to give...

Talking of the supernatural, I do not know if other instrumentalist has this unique ability or maybe it’s just the drummers alone. The ability to point out other drummers without having any knowledge of who they are. This is something I find myself (and I know other drummers do too) doing most times. It just happens. I can’t explain it. A drummer could be in the church or a show and looking around he sees a guy sited somewhere minding his business, and instantly this supernatural ability kicks in and he knows for sure that the guy sited over there is a drummer. I don’t know how we do it but 80% of the time we are always right. Is it the looks? The charisma? Or just instinct? I do not know for sure. But. I think there is one hack you can use to access this ability whether you are a drummer or not. If you see a guy who is more invested in the drummer playing than the praise and worship going on. He is a drummer. I can bet my sticks. That guy is a drummer. Lol. I do not know o...

They say you’ve got to have multiple sources of income if you want to make it big or you want to survive in this our dear country Nigeria, coz one hustle equal to no hustle at all. They say if you’re not hustling, grinding and suffering then you are not ready for success. For me the goal has always been to play the drums and make money from playing alone. I have always believed in this quote “make your passion your profession and work will become play”. Beautiful quote by the way. Coz who says you can’t become a millionaire from playing the drums alone, who? I have seen others do it, so it is not impossible. But. I have come to realize that not everyone will have it that smooth. Not every drummer is gonna make so much money from playing the drums alone, in fact some won’t even make any at all. As sad as it sounds, that is the reality that we live in. So, what do we do? Or what did I do, coz I happen to be amongst the set of drummers that are making little to nothing from play...

  Screen and Mind. This is 2022. Twenty – Twenty – Two. My year of “ON YOUR SCREEN” and “ON YOUR MIND”. This means that you will be reading more of my drum post, watching me play and talk about drums (still thinking about it. I am shy small. Help me. Lol) and you thinking of me when anything drum related comes to mind. Procrastination, laziness, lack of vibes and creativity must, shall and will be tackled this year. Broke-ness too shall be tackled. Contents. Contents and more Contents. Good or bad, lazy or not. Contents. And not just me, you too should also be on people’s screen and mind this year. Bless them with good contents. I wish you and I the best this year. #Peace