Frankly Anything » Music http://www.franklyanything.com/blog A blog about, frankly, anything Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What Makes Someone “Gifted” http://www.franklyanything.com/blog/2010/06/what-makes-someone-gifted/ http://www.franklyanything.com/blog/2010/06/what-makes-someone-gifted/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:20:03 +0000 Nick http://www.franklyanything.com/blog/?p=333 I’ve been on and off the drums over the last 8 years, ever since buying my first, and only, kit. Don’t let the “eight years” mislead you. As pilots log their “hours in the cockpit”, if I were to do the same for “hours on the throne” it’d probably total up to somewhere between 6-12 months (and my lack of proficiency on this instrument proves it).

A while back I picked up a copy of John Riley’s excellent drum technique DVD “The Master Drummer”. John is an authority on modern drumming, esp jazz drumming, and has a number of devotees. His speaking style is a little on the stiff side, but the quality of what he was to say on drumming is without peer.

In the DVD he pauses for a moment to reflect on the idea of “The Gift”. i.e. why do some people seem “gifted” when it comes to playing the drums (or any craft really) and others not?

I found his response to this question really powerful. It applies not just to drumming, but everything.

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