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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • pwalshjtoAsk Lemmy*Permanently Deleted*
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    3 months ago

    I didn’t care. I’d never made a big deal out of birthdays and had forgotten my age. Friends would tease me about turning 30 and I honestly didn’t know.

    I woke up on the morning of my 30th birthday and hit the bathroom to get ready for work. Then I noticed something…

    There was a hair growing out of my ear. Not a little blonde thing; a black piece of steel wool. I instantly realized that “it” was over.

    I got over it. Turns out your 30’s are the fucking best. If you’re lucky you have a couple of bucks to spend on fun and a bit of smarts to keep from doing dumb shit.

    Happy birthday, b.












  • pwalshjtoDrumsPractice advise
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    4 months ago

    I am also self-taught. The best thing I ever did for my playing was just play a dead simple 4/4 with a strobe (light) metronome. I would lock on the kick/snare/hats for at least 30 minutes 4 nights a week. When the 30 minutes was up I would gradually add simple fills/ghosts etc.

    It turns out there’s a lot of room in that basic 4/4. Like micro-moments that add swing.

    Give it a shot once and see if you get hypnotized like me. Best of luck.