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A close friend of mine who also happens to be a drummer like myself came over to my place and asked if he could lend my drum pad for a week. I told him i didn't have one for now and showed him what i use to get my groove going as a drummer. This is my home made drum kit. All i did was look around me, use what i could find and make a drum kit for myself. Note; This is just temporary until i get myself a drum pad. LOL. Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhcpj2RPmCc&t=11s  to watch me put my home made drum kit together and groove a little. #Drum-Kit #Peace

I have read a lot of articles on getting Gigs and how "networking" should be the number one medium at which you get yourself the Gigs you want. Meeting new people, working with the big guys in the music industry, doing free stuff to get the attention and trust of this guys, playing free gigs and trying as much as possible to create different connections are some of the networking moves needed to get the Gigs. And as you all know there are two ways to market a product : (1) word of mouth (2) social media/online marketing. Same applies here in getting a Gig as a drummer. Networking like I listed above gets you the "word of mouth"(people connecting you and your brand with other people. People saying good stuff about you and how amazing you are on the drum kit etc) and when used by the right people (influencers) can get you the gigs you want. Also, thanks to "social media" you are also able to put yourself out there, build a tribe and get a lot of gigs dep...

Every drummer, every musical instrumentalist has had his or her best and worst moments in their career as a professional musician. I am sure you've all (maybe not all) had moments like that. Moments that changed your life as a drummer, moments that made you think twice about playing the drums on a professional level, moments that ruined the relationship you had with your band mates, moments that made you love your life as a drummer and moments that made you make hard and difficult choices as a drummer. Like I said we've all had our best  and worst moments as drummers, so today I am going to list out my top three (3) best and worst moments so far in my life as a drummer. Let's start with the worst. WORST MOMENTS: *Being Underestimated: I grew up playing in the church (I still do) and no matter how good you think you are, there are still people in the band or crew who thinks you still aren't good enough to play the big shows. They give you the small Gigs but when ...

Playing in a band is one of the top most priority for all drummers (maybe some not all) and also the most important in a drummer’s “to do” list. Being in a band (especially the band with lots of playing Gigs) can be refreshing and exhausting sometimes, it is also crazy and mostly filled with a lot of experiences (the good, the bad and the ugly). Playing in a band with other musical instrumentalist, connecting with one another to make good music, going on tour with a top music artiste in the music industry and also having to get a lot of playing Gig as a band is what every drummer dreams of. But this post is not about playing in a band and what it feel like being in one but it’s about the different type of drummers you see in a band. It is about the personality of the drummer, the relevance of the drummer and also the important contributions he or she adds to the band. LET’S BEGIN, SHALL WE: 1)The new guy:  Being a fresh recruit in a band is not that smooth and easy especially...

I am pretty sure we all are familiar with the "practise makes perfect" quote and as such put in so much effort into becoming a better drummer. It's a quote you've all used to motivate yourself into becoming the genius you are today on the drums, to becoming a player that plays smoothly with no mistakes, to becoming a creative drummer and also becoming a drummer that uses the "practise makes perfect" experience to motivate other drummers. I don't know why but I do feel like I am the only drummer in the world who doesn't take this ancient quote seriously. Don't get me wrong I do practise but not as consistent as I want it to be. There are days where the only thing I want to do is play and practise all the rudiments I can find and there are also days where I have little or no interest holding the sticks or even think of sitting on the drum kit to play something new. I wasn't happy with the way things were going, so I decided to come up with ...

Today I'll be dishing out facts about this amazing family. A family blessed with beautiful kids, a family that have impacted and invested so much into the music world, a family that have collaborated with other families to create good music, a family blessed with rhythms, rolls, fills, dynamics and rudiments. Ladies and gentle men I introduce you to the DRUM KIT'S FAMILY. With no further hyping, let's go straight to the fun facts about this family. DID YOU KNOW THAT: *The female drum sticks don't mind you cheating on her with another, as long as the other is in a good shape and makes you happy. *The beautiful drum pedal with the bad attitude is likely to break your heart, leg and vibe on a big Gig. *The drum key might be the quite one in the drum kit family but he is always there to tune good rhythms into some of the members when they are out of tune. *In a complete drum kit's family, the toms and the drum sticks are the only identical twins in the family...