i like your view on this yes no matter what in life you want the harder you work at it the more you will progress and achieve your goal . and i also agree talent is not god given to me talent is how you perform and with what intensity you feel from it and put forth. i dont look at other drummers as being better or worse its how you personally approach your talent and how you bring it out to show what is inside of you so it to me is seen at different levels depending on who you are and what you want out of it some play to perform to others and some play to perform for themselves and there is nothing wrong with that if you choose to play once a month and not practice much but once a month when you get behind that kit and just lose your self step away from everything around you than you have achieved something the ability to escape into your own vibe so just saying , to me there are different to when it comes to playing music or being a musician , you can be a musician to your self if what you are doing sets your thought free and for that one day a month you go to that special place in your mind just for you no one else , you own that space its yours and yours only i started playing drums when i was 5yrs old my brother had gotten a kit for christmas but before that i would use pots and pans and hang the covers from the stair railings with clothes line and use forks for sticks , i was fortunate my mom loved music always bought the new 45 releases and played them over and over , she introduced me to motown and i could really relate to the beat and the funk and feeling i got from it as a kid, my mom was a very cool lady and inspired me to continue and move forward with my playing . at 11 yrs old i was the man of the house my parents split and my brother joined the Marines and i had inherited the drum kit , at 12 yrs old i was in my first band , it was a Portuguese band that played polkas , ballads ,sambas and some elvis and beatles tunes , i didnt understand the language or speak it . what i got out of it was to be able to be versatile in my playing listen more intensely and sharpen my playing as to what i was playing being able to go into my own vibe and over come and adapt to the music and have fun , which i did and those were some of the best times i had playing , i was playing and people were dancing and having fun because of what i was doing , im sure you know that feeling only some will have the chance to experience my friends would tease me about playing that type of music or say i sold myself out for not playing what i really wanted to and that rock and metal but no they were wrong i was learning from this experience , one big part of being a true musician is to be versatile im sorry for the long winded comment but thought it could connect at a different view as to what you posted here and just want to inspire everyone that no matter what you play or how you play it its about you and what you have inside to bring out peace
i like your view on this yes no matter what in life you want the harder you work at it the more you will progress and achieve your goal . and i also agree talent is not god given to me talent is how you perform and with what intensity you feel from it and put forth. i dont look at other drummers as being better or worse its how you personally approach your talent and how you bring it out to show what is inside of you so it to me is seen at different levels depending on who you are and what you want out of it some play to perform to others and some play to perform for themselves and there is nothing wrong with that if you choose to play once a month and not practice much but once a month when you get behind that kit and just lose your self step away from everything around you than you have achieved something the ability to escape into your own vibe so just saying , to me there are different to when it comes to playing music or being a musician , you can be a musician to your self if what you are doing sets your thought free and for that one day a month you go to that special place in your mind just for you no one else , you own that space its yours and yours only i started playing drums when i was 5yrs old my brother had gotten a kit for christmas but before that i would use pots and pans and hang the covers from the stair railings with clothes line and use forks for sticks , i was fortunate my mom loved music always bought the new 45 releases and played them over and over , she introduced me to motown and i could really relate to the beat and the funk and feeling i got from it as a kid, my mom was a very cool lady and inspired me to continue and move forward with my playing . at 11 yrs old i was the man of the house my parents split and my brother joined the Marines and i had inherited the drum kit , at 12 yrs old i was in my first band , it was a Portuguese band that played polkas , ballads ,sambas and some elvis and beatles tunes , i didnt understand the language or speak it . what i got out of it was to be able to be versatile in my playing listen more intensely and sharpen my playing as to what i was playing being able to go into my own vibe and over come and adapt to the music and have fun , which i did and those were some of the best times i had playing , i was playing and people were dancing and having fun because of what i was doing , im sure you know that feeling only some will have the chance to experience my friends would tease me about playing that type of music or say i sold myself out for not playing what i really wanted to and that rock and metal but no they were wrong i was learning from this experience , one big part of being a true musician is to be versatile im sorry for the long winded comment but thought it could connect at a different view as to what you posted here and just want to inspire everyone that no matter what you play or how you play it its about you and what you have inside to bring out peace