I like your lessons,and enjoying it. I am 62 years old ,play trombone as a profession since I was 18 ,and served in the israli army as a trombone player, 6 years ago I made a decision to make a living from playing drumms, which I wanted to play since I was 3 years old,I think that the problem is as you mentioned what not to play,if my target is to play songs with bands ,blues, jazz, I can spend now 20 years only to improve my technique with stick control and ted reed ,books ,the questions where ... Read More

I like your lessons,and enjoying it. I am 62 years old ,play trombone as a profession since I was 18 ,and served in the israli army as a trombone player, 6 years ago I made a decision to make a living from playing drumms, which I wanted to play since I was 3 years old,I think that the problem is as you mentioned what not to play,if my target is to play songs with bands ,blues, jazz, I can spend now 20 years only to improve my technique with stick control and ted reed ,books ,the questions where is the limit of practice with the books,since no one in the world can teach you how to play with the singer ,or in a show, this you do by hearing ,and your intinct,so my point is where is the limit ? how much from you time you play along and how much technique ? what you do not need to play = and this is the most important part of the question many thanks
Zvika Mark

Been playing drums off and on since I was old. I work at the VA in Oklahoma City and am a Iraqi veteran. My dream was to be a professional drummer and travel the world. Well i'm 58 and was thinking of quitting the drums. Now i'm back practicing getting ready to play a drum solo at the VA talent show next Febuary. Working on the single stroke roll would like to play it like the drummer on the movie whiplash. Plan on ending my solo with the single stroke roll. I started practicing about a ... Read More

Been playing drums off and on since I was old. I work at the VA in Oklahoma City and am a Iraqi veteran. My dream was to be a professional drummer and travel the world. Well i'm 58 and was thinking of quitting the drums. Now i'm back practicing getting ready to play a drum solo at the VA talent show next Febuary. Working on the single stroke roll would like to play it like the drummer on the movie whiplash. Plan on ending my solo with the single stroke roll. I started practicing about a hour a day.