Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.
It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.
I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.
Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years.
I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.
I've played in pipe bands in Scotland, and I've always played guitars and drums and stuff.
I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.
Playing my drums is therapy.
I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.
Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.
Playing the drums hurts my back.
I play the drums, and I'm trying to teach myself how to play the piano.
Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.
I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.
Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.
I've been playing the drums since age nine.
I've played drums in bands since I was 16.
I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.
I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge ...
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was a...
