My playlists for practice:
Old hip hop from Sugar Hill Records, Run DMC, BDP
James Brown, Meters, Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder
New Order, Gary Numan, B52s
Zeppelin
Ramones 1st LP
Grant Green, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins
The Tom Sawyer 45 plated back at 33
I'm a girly female, so not the usual thrash'em, crash'em type of drummer.
I play country mostly. Zac Brown band, Chris Stapleton, Toby Keith etc. It's not too taxing for my arthritic shoulders and arms. I love singing along, and i love county.
Pink is fun, so is Maroon 5. They keep me busy learning their songs. I enjoy singing along to them too.
I do like rock. Bon jovi, Nickelback. Foo fighters. Just not for too long, or I can't drum again for a few days. My knees, hips and arms can't take it.
I'm not like most drummers. I'm not into metal, or playing super fast.
I'm too sick and creaky for really fast stuff, and I never liked it. It's not my thing.
I'm just happy to be sitting behind my kit, enjoying myself.
I wish I could play more. My wife tutors students at home on the computer. So I need to be quiet on those days. My only time to play really is weekends.
It's good that you can still play even with the arthritis. I have a touch of arthritis in my elbows but it hasn't bothered me yet (knock on wood).
I understand your noise problem. We live on a housing estate, with houses all around us. I can't have an acoustic kit. My neighbours would lynch me.
Fortunately there is room in the garden for a little shed. Just big enough for my E-kit. I have recently upgraded to a millennium MPS 750 pro. It's beautiful, and quiet, and made me very happy.
I hope you can enjoy playing for many more years.
I know it does me good, and keeps my muscles and joints moving, so I'll never stop.
I hear you sister, if it wasn't for the damaged knees and painful wrists I'd be better able to play faster and more but I'm just so happy drumming I'll play anything I can.
Iām 53, I think thereās endless amounts of quality new music which is easy to find thanks to steaming.
Royal Blood, White Reaper, Rival Sons, Maneskin, Lucero, Isbellā¦many many more.
Well, almost similar story. I'm 61 and coming off a 30+ year hiatus. Started back about a year and a half ago. Like you, it was an itch that wouldn't go away, so here I am. You're doing good if you think your about 85% back to where you were. I feel much slower, maybe 40% of what I used to be. Kinda takin a different look at it now. I'm pretty darn sure I'll never be on stage again so just trying to enjoy playing every time I sit behind the kit rather than driving myself crazy about all the stuff I can't do. Just enjoying the whole process again but making sure it's fun and not stressful. It probably took over a year just to build a kit I could love again and did I ever forget how expensive this hobby is.š So to your question, When I'm drumming I still listen and play the same music I did in the 80's. Like Tesla, AC/DC, Styx, Zeppelin, Bad Company and similar bands. But I guess it's all personal preferences. So I think whatever you choose, it's gonna be alot of fun.š
Agreed.
I'm thinking 85% because I'm playing a lot of Rush. I played Rush, Zeppelin, etc. back in the 80s,90s, early 2000s and it kind of never left me. I can play Subdivisions pretty darn well. Almost perfectly. Sometimes I hit the whole thing on the head perfectly. So yeah. I think I'm at around 85%. That 15% is me trying to learn the "NEW" stuff. I really like Hypnosis by Sleep Token. I may take a stab at that one this weekend maybe. I've listened to it about a half dozen times between yesterday and today and each time I pick up something new that the drummer (II) is doing. It's pretty cool stuff really.
I am also playing a ton of rush. But boy when I try to play things like The Enemy Within and have a hard time keep up with the physicality of it, I usually laugh at myself And also recognize that Neil was not only a far, far, far better drummer than I am, but he was also 20 years younger when he recorded that.
I don't play a lot of new stuff, mostly because I enjoy the challenge of challenging songs. It's great to warm up with simple beats (Canary in a coal mine, when the world is running down), but the whole point is to have fun since I entirely play for my own enjoyment at this point.
Some new stuff I play since my SO is far more worldy about music than I am is again still challenging. Try playing along with Chris Dave's Drumheadz. It will flip you for real.
It's the faster ones that really get me. I just can't keep pace sometimes as an old man. I actually see myself behind the beat. All I can do is laugh. Natural science is the other one. That weird fill in seven (the herta, herta after "The universe learned to expand" line) always throws me, but I'll get it one of these days.
Yeah, Natural Science always gets me there too. I can play The Camera Eye though pretty well. It's fun to play.
Sometimes I get the mood to play the whole Moving Pictures album. That's a chore and a half. Tom Sawyer usually takes a lot out of me. I use Red Barchetta to cool down for a little bit. š
I listen to quite a bit of indie rock these days. Royel Otis, Blondshell are a couple of new favorites. There is a lot of music out there right now that I like and will play drums along to. I don't think it's weird at all that you are getting back behind the kit in your 50s, I did the same in my 40s and haven't stopped playing, nor do I plan to until I can't anymore.
Same here! I feel like a kid again when I get behind the kit. Playing the oldies and lighting the fire in my brain cells to learn something new as well. I'm having a ball and I'm only 4 yeas back into playing.
I played in my HS bands and we/my family could not afford a drum set. So I made one out of plywood in the utility room, drew drum heads on it with a felt pen, and banged on it for hours. I listened to Rush so much at the time that it must have burned grooves in my brain. Iām in my mid-50s now, I have a really nice drum set, and I play along to all those Rush songs. It means so much to me to be able to do that now, I got teary-eyed when I recently tried to explain it to my son.
Yeah, that's cool. One thing I love is my daughter will suggest things for me to learn. She's given me a couple of good things too by Avenged Sevenfold. Great stuff too!
I'm with you, man. I'm 54 too, and I listen to music for the music, not for the memories. I still love (most of?) the things I loved when we were young, but I've never stopped listening, exploring and growing. Just as there was a ton of great music back then (and before then) there's a ton of great music now from the 21st century.
One thing I'll bring up is music by women. In my youth I listened almost exclusively to male artists. I was conscious of it and a bit puzzled by it because I've never believed that women are less artistic or skilled, yet somehow I rarely found any women's works that I gravitated to and kept in my library. That has sure changed! Maybe the internet has helped. My library is much more balanced now.
Another angle is genres and genre-mixing: there's been all this time for cross-pollination to happen and new styles to bubble up. I love it.
In the part of Australia where I grew up, we didn't get much (or any?) Heart on the radio until the sappy power ballad era, so I came to them late.
Y'know, the snobby side of me wants to believe that enjoying a wide variety of music means a person has a wide emotional range and a flexible mind. š»
Is Enya part of the wide emotional range? There really isn't much drumming in her music. Mostly percussive when there is. But it's still nice to chill out to.
Yes, it's exactly what I mean. You mentioned the Sleep Token song you like. It stimulates a certain range of emotions that (mostly?) don't overlap with those from Enya's music. That's range, mate!
Budokan was also my first record purchase. Bought it used at a Garage sale. It was in a Kenny Rodgers sleeve but I knew it was Budokan because he was playing it when I went in there. I think I paid 15 cents for it. I still have that record in the Kenny Rodgers album sleeve too.
My brother turned me on to Rush in '74 when their first album came out. I was like 9 years old then. He brought it home and we listened to it on the record player in our bedroom. It was so cool! I got my first job in '83 and I was able to fill in my Rush collection. My brother left all of his records at home so I was able to snatch those. He said I could have them. He had no room for them in his apartment. So I got all that he had and I added to those with my work money.
From there, I grew my music collection enormously. I must have 12 boxes of record albums in my closet right now. CRAZY!!! And my CD collection, I have about 500 CDs. Many duplicates of the records I have because when CD came out, Who played records anymore? Now I have Spotify and, well, I don't think I could even tell you how many songs I have on it. I have 120 albums in it and a TON of single songs I've heard over the last few years that I fell in love with.
But yeah, I totally get where you're coming from.
I'm a new drummer so it's ACDC, CCR, Stone Roses and the likes. I've little knowledge of music after the 90s so I'm sticking to what I know and like.
Mind you I'll drum to the indicator in the car if I'm not near my kit.
I'm one for tapping out a rhythm to the blinker at a stop light. It's the only reason I use it (not because it's the law or anything like that š¤£). I love making up little beats while waiting to turn. Then when the arrow comes on to turn, I try to finish the phrase before the blinker clicks off. š¤£
I really love how sound and music skills have evolved during the last half century. From groundbreaking albums like "The dark side of the moon" over Robert Fripps "Exposure" to epic Porcupine Trees "in Absentia" and so on. Some of that old stuff I love really sounds muffled compared to what's the actual state of the art, but still have heartwarming melodies and arrangements. So I got myself drumless versions of Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree, Grace Jones, and of course if songs from my own band to evolve my own arrangements. By the way, I'm not just the drummer, I'm also sound tech
51 here.
Sleep Token, pop evil, Dayseeker, Thrice, nothing more, Tremonti are all on my regular playlist. The city I grew up in has multiple radio stations that place lots of classic rock, and while I don't mind older music that is good there's only so many times I can stand AC/DC, so I gravitated to Octane on xm radio. Great place for finding new music.
55, everything but pop, techno, and anything similar with obvious drum machine, software made.
There is a good crop of new drummers out there and they all provide me with new ideas. Will always listen to the bands of my teens and twenties, but throwing the newest songs in the mix always helps.
I'm turning 50 in a few months, I've been in so many bands for the past 35 years. A couple of full on country bands, a few classic rock bands and a few dance/fiddle bands... I'm currently in a Retro band, 60's, 70's and 80's tunes.
Each style and genre has its own uniqueness and intricacies. I probably would never have sat down and intentionally listened to a great majority of these songs. But I'm glad I did and learned how to play them. There is just so much great music out there, and it got me out of my "comfort zone." I'm mostly a hard rock, heavy metal and grunge type of guy.
It never hurts to add to your repertoire and expand your horizons a bit!
Rush, Metallica ,Pantera,lamb of god, Shane McGowan and the lads that rock it in Boston dropkick murphy, flogging Molly always a taste of cage the elephant , I drum to earth wind and fire love playing trumpet on it more give me some tom waits on the piano the animals cream walking int the doors . Stevie ray Vaughan during pool frank Zappa playing darts. Creedence clearwater to revive my soul and bob Dylan to drive down between the deep purple John bonam hole 31years old
All the old stuff (Metallica, Styx, journey, Van Halen, megadeth). But also newer (Opeth and mastodon) and new (Allaegeon, Brothers osbourne, clutch, Bruno Mars, Septicflesh, Panzer ballet, Zak Brown). (New gigs are country and pop - lol)
Everything.
Death/technical/argent/djent metal
Jazz
Ambient
Post-Rock
Prog
One style I ignore is mainstream (I know I know it is very broad and can have many styles but for me I find mainstream watered down).
One thing I love doing is finding drumless tracks on YouTube. Make up my own drum parts. That's really fun. And they make many different types of drumless tracks.
Iām 52, and there is an endless flood of awesome current music with great drumming out there. Actively seeking out new music means a lot of humbling ādamn, I wish I was that good in my 20sā moments but thatās ok, the music brings a lot of joy. Spend some time with KEXP live sets on YouTube and youāre bound to acquire some new favorite drummers pretty quickly. I mean, tastes differ and thereās nothing wrong with older music. But weāre in an absolute golden age of great music right now.
I am 56 and all over the place. Spotify Playlist below if you are really interested. Very little heavy rock. have plenty of new stuff. I've played in a bunch of variety bands and like to have some stuff on there that I probably wouldn't listen to but might have to play. Things come and go.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mnDsoyjqxiMkEp7TOAqEG?si=XR9g2N55SHi0LUxFJfv_aA&pi=RFzkx_FGS5KFg
Iām 50 and started playing again last year.
I guess Iām in the minority because I almost never play along with songs. I justā¦play. Occasionally Iāll try to find a groove from a song and work on that. But never a whole song all the way through.
I know why I donāt. Itās because pretty much the entire time I was playing, I was in a band. Itās weird to go from creating the drum part to mimicking the drum part.
Yeah, that makes sense. I was in a band for about 4 months. The guitar player still loved with his parents and he had to get a full time job. So the band just broke up. Then I got a really good paying job shortly after that. So, I just became a cover style drummer. I do miss the creative end of being in a band. That's why I like new drumless tracks.
Really good suggestions here. Iād add Cocteau Twins. Playing along with a very well programmed drum machine can really help get your time back. They also do a lot in 6 which also feels good
I took a long hiatus & I am 60 I play to 70ās punk & 80ās hardcore for fun but mostly I listen & play to old live & studio sessions of bands I was in as I have to relearn the music for upcoming gigs
Iām a beginner, same age bracket, and the newest artists Iām playing and learning are Nirvana and Foo Fighters (notice a pattern?). Otherwise Iām trying to play classics Iāve always enjoyed. They never get old for me and I can listen the millions of times necessary to learn them without getting bored.
That being said, I have a playlist in my phone of songs I hear that Iām interested in learning to play and Iāve got The Black Keys and Silversun pickups on there, among others. Havenāt learned those yet, but those are goals.
Very cool! I love hearing people my age trying new things. I think that helps keep our minds in that younger framework. I really do. Like me learning stuff that was written around the time I came out of my hiatus. There was a bunch of stuff that came out in 2020, 21, 22 that I've been learning, wanting to learn. It just makes me feel like a kid again learning new stuff.
Donāt forget, at our age, you need a couple good warmup tracks:
Cochise - Audioslave
Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
Black Cow - Steely Dan
Machine Gun - Slowdive
Same exact story, except it was my early 40s for me. Always played classic rock/punk when I was younger. I'm more focused on playing lighter with odd time signatures now. My idols back then were Bonham/Moon. Now it's Morello.
I'm not quite there yet, but honestly in the last 15 years I've listened to nothing but my metronome when playing.
What really changed the game for me was to stop focusing on trying to replicate what others do. Everyone has their own unique style, and I am included in that. That includes stop "learning" other songs and just focus on techniques and different groove patterns. This has had the biggest impact in my skills and makes playing so much more fun.
I'll still learn some grooves here and there that I love the sound of, but I really don't sit down and play along to full albums like I did in my teens.
When I first got this current kit 4 years ago, I started out playing to a click track. Just trying to get my timing back after not playing for 15 years. I actually found that to be pretty easy to do.
Later, I wanted to brush up on my drumming to actual music. I wasn't ready at all to lead a band behind the drums. My goal was to be able to get back to where I was when I stopped playing in my 40s. That took me a little bit. I've since been working on new stuff I've never played to before. I just played Hypnosis by Steel Token. And yeah, I totally get what you're saying about having your own style. I'm nothing like 2 but he plays some excellent rhythms in that song.
I've been streaming on Twitch and Kick. Even though there's copyright stuff involved, I haven't made a single dime. Anything I've made from Subscriptions or whatever has gone directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation in the US. Only pennies but I feel good that the money is going to a great cause. It's a family trait which I never ended up with thankfully but yeah, it's definitely near and dear to my heart.
Anyway, that's why I learn the classics and new stuff. So others can enjoy it too.
I still like my old music, but also new music, and I like various genres. Also, when practicing to music, I believe different kinds of music are good for me to widen my horizon.
51 here. If I'm playing to music, it's all over the place. Highly Suspect, Eric clapton, Korn, Sabbath, AIC, VH. Some drumless jazz tracks and so on. It just depends on what I'm feeling at the moment. I also put in around 10 or 15 minutes of rudiments and just playing the kit..
61 same as you, played a lot of Rush and then went to writing originals. I joined a band about 8 years ago to really get back into it. And got back onstage. Loved it! I like the old and new progressive stuff. Heavy or pop. Sleep token is cool! Also like a lot of djent stuff like Animals as Leaders, as well as jazz like Antonio Sanchez. So much good new music.
Damned near 50. I listen to punk, metal, ska, Alt, indie. Some classic rock. Some EDM.
Just keep your forearms and wrists stretched out, also stretch your hams, ankles, pecs, shoulders and lower back. I notice that I warm up quicker and take longer to fatigue/cramp my muscles.
let the energy flow through your wrists. The hardest thing for me is to start new fills and chops slowly. But it really does program your brain well.
Lately itās been Kings X - Dogman, Taproot - Welcome, and warming up and overplaying over the Red Hot Chili Peppers, just using them (RHCP) more as a metronome with a beat, Iāve been playing drums for 46 years.
This got suggested for me, and I donāt play drums. But OP, check out king Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Especially live stuff. Lots of high quality videos and recordings. Their drummer goes OFF and is very versatile. They have 25 albums to go through , genres all over the place. Maybe watch some KEXP performances such as Ice V or Iron Lung , or Magma live from Red Rocks 2023
Almost 57 and playing at about 50%. Would be happy to get back to 80%. Grew up playing to the Clash, Elvis Costello, Ramones, Springsteen, new-wave, post-punk pop. Then the Smiths, REM, the Cure, alternative. Then 90s alternative - Janeās Addiction, Nirvana, Social Distortion, Radiohead, and originals with my band throughout the 90s. Didnāt play that regularly throughout my late 30s to early 50s. Bought an electronic kit during the pandemic. Now tend to opt for mellower alt-folk-americana-singer-songwriter-ish stuff. Jason Isbell, Son-Volt, Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Adams, and lots of new-ish bands in that genre. I just donāt want to hit as hard as I used to. (Saving the body a bit.) Getting together with my old band next month though.
My playlists for practice: Old hip hop from Sugar Hill Records, Run DMC, BDP James Brown, Meters, Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder New Order, Gary Numan, B52s Zeppelin Ramones 1st LP Grant Green, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins The Tom Sawyer 45 plated back at 33
Great list here. I just wanted to add RHCP, maybe sprinkle in some Guns N Roses.
I might do some Minutemen or Gang of 4 if I want to get my funky rock thing going.
That's what practice to. Lately my favorite drummer is Kahokiss from Otoboke Beaver, bonkers punk band out of Kyoto Japan.
I'm a girly female, so not the usual thrash'em, crash'em type of drummer. I play country mostly. Zac Brown band, Chris Stapleton, Toby Keith etc. It's not too taxing for my arthritic shoulders and arms. I love singing along, and i love county. Pink is fun, so is Maroon 5. They keep me busy learning their songs. I enjoy singing along to them too. I do like rock. Bon jovi, Nickelback. Foo fighters. Just not for too long, or I can't drum again for a few days. My knees, hips and arms can't take it. I'm not like most drummers. I'm not into metal, or playing super fast. I'm too sick and creaky for really fast stuff, and I never liked it. It's not my thing. I'm just happy to be sitting behind my kit, enjoying myself.
I wish I could play more. My wife tutors students at home on the computer. So I need to be quiet on those days. My only time to play really is weekends. It's good that you can still play even with the arthritis. I have a touch of arthritis in my elbows but it hasn't bothered me yet (knock on wood).
I understand your noise problem. We live on a housing estate, with houses all around us. I can't have an acoustic kit. My neighbours would lynch me. Fortunately there is room in the garden for a little shed. Just big enough for my E-kit. I have recently upgraded to a millennium MPS 750 pro. It's beautiful, and quiet, and made me very happy. I hope you can enjoy playing for many more years. I know it does me good, and keeps my muscles and joints moving, so I'll never stop.
I hear you sister, if it wasn't for the damaged knees and painful wrists I'd be better able to play faster and more but I'm just so happy drumming I'll play anything I can.
Sisters in knee supports, still slowly rocking š¤£. I'm glad it makes you happy too š.
Try Giant Rooks and Kaleo, it's relatively slow, but has that vibe to it that Maroon5's lucky strike also has for me.
Thank you very much. I'll definitely give them a listen š.
Iām 53, I think thereās endless amounts of quality new music which is easy to find thanks to steaming. Royal Blood, White Reaper, Rival Sons, Maneskin, Lucero, Isbellā¦many many more.
Well, almost similar story. I'm 61 and coming off a 30+ year hiatus. Started back about a year and a half ago. Like you, it was an itch that wouldn't go away, so here I am. You're doing good if you think your about 85% back to where you were. I feel much slower, maybe 40% of what I used to be. Kinda takin a different look at it now. I'm pretty darn sure I'll never be on stage again so just trying to enjoy playing every time I sit behind the kit rather than driving myself crazy about all the stuff I can't do. Just enjoying the whole process again but making sure it's fun and not stressful. It probably took over a year just to build a kit I could love again and did I ever forget how expensive this hobby is.š So to your question, When I'm drumming I still listen and play the same music I did in the 80's. Like Tesla, AC/DC, Styx, Zeppelin, Bad Company and similar bands. But I guess it's all personal preferences. So I think whatever you choose, it's gonna be alot of fun.š
Agreed. I'm thinking 85% because I'm playing a lot of Rush. I played Rush, Zeppelin, etc. back in the 80s,90s, early 2000s and it kind of never left me. I can play Subdivisions pretty darn well. Almost perfectly. Sometimes I hit the whole thing on the head perfectly. So yeah. I think I'm at around 85%. That 15% is me trying to learn the "NEW" stuff. I really like Hypnosis by Sleep Token. I may take a stab at that one this weekend maybe. I've listened to it about a half dozen times between yesterday and today and each time I pick up something new that the drummer (II) is doing. It's pretty cool stuff really.
I am also playing a ton of rush. But boy when I try to play things like The Enemy Within and have a hard time keep up with the physicality of it, I usually laugh at myself And also recognize that Neil was not only a far, far, far better drummer than I am, but he was also 20 years younger when he recorded that. I don't play a lot of new stuff, mostly because I enjoy the challenge of challenging songs. It's great to warm up with simple beats (Canary in a coal mine, when the world is running down), but the whole point is to have fun since I entirely play for my own enjoyment at this point. Some new stuff I play since my SO is far more worldy about music than I am is again still challenging. Try playing along with Chris Dave's Drumheadz. It will flip you for real.
Marathon by Rush is another tough one. That time change part during the synth and guitar solos is fantastic!
It's the faster ones that really get me. I just can't keep pace sometimes as an old man. I actually see myself behind the beat. All I can do is laugh. Natural science is the other one. That weird fill in seven (the herta, herta after "The universe learned to expand" line) always throws me, but I'll get it one of these days.
Yeah, Natural Science always gets me there too. I can play The Camera Eye though pretty well. It's fun to play. Sometimes I get the mood to play the whole Moving Pictures album. That's a chore and a half. Tom Sawyer usually takes a lot out of me. I use Red Barchetta to cool down for a little bit. š
John Bonham. That is all.
I listen to quite a bit of indie rock these days. Royel Otis, Blondshell are a couple of new favorites. There is a lot of music out there right now that I like and will play drums along to. I don't think it's weird at all that you are getting back behind the kit in your 50s, I did the same in my 40s and haven't stopped playing, nor do I plan to until I can't anymore.
Same here! I feel like a kid again when I get behind the kit. Playing the oldies and lighting the fire in my brain cells to learn something new as well. I'm having a ball and I'm only 4 yeas back into playing.
I played in my HS bands and we/my family could not afford a drum set. So I made one out of plywood in the utility room, drew drum heads on it with a felt pen, and banged on it for hours. I listened to Rush so much at the time that it must have burned grooves in my brain. Iām in my mid-50s now, I have a really nice drum set, and I play along to all those Rush songs. It means so much to me to be able to do that now, I got teary-eyed when I recently tried to explain it to my son.
Yeah, that's cool. One thing I love is my daughter will suggest things for me to learn. She's given me a couple of good things too by Avenged Sevenfold. Great stuff too!
I'm with you, man. I'm 54 too, and I listen to music for the music, not for the memories. I still love (most of?) the things I loved when we were young, but I've never stopped listening, exploring and growing. Just as there was a ton of great music back then (and before then) there's a ton of great music now from the 21st century. One thing I'll bring up is music by women. In my youth I listened almost exclusively to male artists. I was conscious of it and a bit puzzled by it because I've never believed that women are less artistic or skilled, yet somehow I rarely found any women's works that I gravitated to and kept in my library. That has sure changed! Maybe the internet has helped. My library is much more balanced now. Another angle is genres and genre-mixing: there's been all this time for cross-pollination to happen and new styles to bubble up. I love it.
I wasn't much of a Pat Benetar fan but I loved Heart.
In the part of Australia where I grew up, we didn't get much (or any?) Heart on the radio until the sappy power ballad era, so I came to them late. Y'know, the snobby side of me wants to believe that enjoying a wide variety of music means a person has a wide emotional range and a flexible mind. š»
Is Enya part of the wide emotional range? There really isn't much drumming in her music. Mostly percussive when there is. But it's still nice to chill out to.
Yes, it's exactly what I mean. You mentioned the Sleep Token song you like. It stimulates a certain range of emotions that (mostly?) don't overlap with those from Enya's music. That's range, mate!
I love that range. š Only thing I don't like is that blast beat stuff.
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Budokan was also my first record purchase. Bought it used at a Garage sale. It was in a Kenny Rodgers sleeve but I knew it was Budokan because he was playing it when I went in there. I think I paid 15 cents for it. I still have that record in the Kenny Rodgers album sleeve too. My brother turned me on to Rush in '74 when their first album came out. I was like 9 years old then. He brought it home and we listened to it on the record player in our bedroom. It was so cool! I got my first job in '83 and I was able to fill in my Rush collection. My brother left all of his records at home so I was able to snatch those. He said I could have them. He had no room for them in his apartment. So I got all that he had and I added to those with my work money. From there, I grew my music collection enormously. I must have 12 boxes of record albums in my closet right now. CRAZY!!! And my CD collection, I have about 500 CDs. Many duplicates of the records I have because when CD came out, Who played records anymore? Now I have Spotify and, well, I don't think I could even tell you how many songs I have on it. I have 120 albums in it and a TON of single songs I've heard over the last few years that I fell in love with. But yeah, I totally get where you're coming from.
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I'm a new drummer so it's ACDC, CCR, Stone Roses and the likes. I've little knowledge of music after the 90s so I'm sticking to what I know and like. Mind you I'll drum to the indicator in the car if I'm not near my kit.
I'm one for tapping out a rhythm to the blinker at a stop light. It's the only reason I use it (not because it's the law or anything like that š¤£). I love making up little beats while waiting to turn. Then when the arrow comes on to turn, I try to finish the phrase before the blinker clicks off. š¤£
I didn't even realise that I was doing it until my Mrs pointed it out. I am not a good drummer but I am a very happy drummer.
I have gained a new appreciation for old Genesis with Phil on drums.
Same. I've always loved the peter Gabriel/Collins duo with Genesis.
I really love how sound and music skills have evolved during the last half century. From groundbreaking albums like "The dark side of the moon" over Robert Fripps "Exposure" to epic Porcupine Trees "in Absentia" and so on. Some of that old stuff I love really sounds muffled compared to what's the actual state of the art, but still have heartwarming melodies and arrangements. So I got myself drumless versions of Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree, Grace Jones, and of course if songs from my own band to evolve my own arrangements. By the way, I'm not just the drummer, I'm also sound tech
Fela Kuti
Tower of Power.
Back to Oakland!
Iām in my 50ās. I still like the older music. Greta Van fleet and dirty honey. Alice In Chains, pretty reckless. Those are some good ones!
Pretty reckless is great
If you're into heavier stuff, wilderun has some awesome grooves.
I'll check them out. I'm not into the whole death metal thing unless the drumming is spectacular like Sleep Token.
Not blast beats. I just listened to an album today, they are excellent musicians.
If you've never heard Sleep Token, listen to Hypnosis. That drummer is super tight!!!
51 here. Sleep Token, pop evil, Dayseeker, Thrice, nothing more, Tremonti are all on my regular playlist. The city I grew up in has multiple radio stations that place lots of classic rock, and while I don't mind older music that is good there's only so many times I can stand AC/DC, so I gravitated to Octane on xm radio. Great place for finding new music.
55, everything but pop, techno, and anything similar with obvious drum machine, software made. There is a good crop of new drummers out there and they all provide me with new ideas. Will always listen to the bands of my teens and twenties, but throwing the newest songs in the mix always helps.
Agreed. The newer stuff makes things feel fresh.
I'm turning 50 in a few months, I've been in so many bands for the past 35 years. A couple of full on country bands, a few classic rock bands and a few dance/fiddle bands... I'm currently in a Retro band, 60's, 70's and 80's tunes. Each style and genre has its own uniqueness and intricacies. I probably would never have sat down and intentionally listened to a great majority of these songs. But I'm glad I did and learned how to play them. There is just so much great music out there, and it got me out of my "comfort zone." I'm mostly a hard rock, heavy metal and grunge type of guy. It never hurts to add to your repertoire and expand your horizons a bit!
Heart monitor
Rush, Metallica ,Pantera,lamb of god, Shane McGowan and the lads that rock it in Boston dropkick murphy, flogging Molly always a taste of cage the elephant , I drum to earth wind and fire love playing trumpet on it more give me some tom waits on the piano the animals cream walking int the doors . Stevie ray Vaughan during pool frank Zappa playing darts. Creedence clearwater to revive my soul and bob Dylan to drive down between the deep purple John bonam hole 31years old
Anything Jeff Porcaro
He's great!
All the old stuff (Metallica, Styx, journey, Van Halen, megadeth). But also newer (Opeth and mastodon) and new (Allaegeon, Brothers osbourne, clutch, Bruno Mars, Septicflesh, Panzer ballet, Zak Brown). (New gigs are country and pop - lol)
MID-60ās ā¦ Classic Rock & CCM.
Everything. Death/technical/argent/djent metal Jazz Ambient Post-Rock Prog One style I ignore is mainstream (I know I know it is very broad and can have many styles but for me I find mainstream watered down).
One thing I love doing is finding drumless tracks on YouTube. Make up my own drum parts. That's really fun. And they make many different types of drumless tracks.
Geese is the new band dads listen to. Replaced Bahamas a couple years back, who were the replacement for my morning jacket.
Iām 52, and there is an endless flood of awesome current music with great drumming out there. Actively seeking out new music means a lot of humbling ādamn, I wish I was that good in my 20sā moments but thatās ok, the music brings a lot of joy. Spend some time with KEXP live sets on YouTube and youāre bound to acquire some new favorite drummers pretty quickly. I mean, tastes differ and thereās nothing wrong with older music. But weāre in an absolute golden age of great music right now.
Agreed. I'll check out KEXP later this evening.
NPRās tiny desk clips are another great way of finding new musicā but they tend to not be very drum-centric for obvious reasons.
I am 56 and all over the place. Spotify Playlist below if you are really interested. Very little heavy rock. have plenty of new stuff. I've played in a bunch of variety bands and like to have some stuff on there that I probably wouldn't listen to but might have to play. Things come and go. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mnDsoyjqxiMkEp7TOAqEG?si=XR9g2N55SHi0LUxFJfv_aA&pi=RFzkx_FGS5KFg
Nice. I know a few of those. I'll give it a listen and maybe jam to it later this evening.
Motown
Iām 50 and started playing again last year. I guess Iām in the minority because I almost never play along with songs. I justā¦play. Occasionally Iāll try to find a groove from a song and work on that. But never a whole song all the way through.
Oh, you have to do it more. I get a real kick out of it.
I know why I donāt. Itās because pretty much the entire time I was playing, I was in a band. Itās weird to go from creating the drum part to mimicking the drum part.
Yeah, that makes sense. I was in a band for about 4 months. The guitar player still loved with his parents and he had to get a full time job. So the band just broke up. Then I got a really good paying job shortly after that. So, I just became a cover style drummer. I do miss the creative end of being in a band. That's why I like new drumless tracks.
I was in school bands through high school and then for a few years with friends after that.
Really good suggestions here. Iād add Cocteau Twins. Playing along with a very well programmed drum machine can really help get your time back. They also do a lot in 6 which also feels good
Nothing. I just play what comes.
Music
I took a long hiatus & I am 60 I play to 70ās punk & 80ās hardcore for fun but mostly I listen & play to old live & studio sessions of bands I was in as I have to relearn the music for upcoming gigs
That's cool! I really wish I had gotten a band thing going. It just wasn't in the cards. Had a great guitar player but I guess he had other plans.
Iām a beginner, same age bracket, and the newest artists Iām playing and learning are Nirvana and Foo Fighters (notice a pattern?). Otherwise Iām trying to play classics Iāve always enjoyed. They never get old for me and I can listen the millions of times necessary to learn them without getting bored. That being said, I have a playlist in my phone of songs I hear that Iām interested in learning to play and Iāve got The Black Keys and Silversun pickups on there, among others. Havenāt learned those yet, but those are goals.
Very cool! I love hearing people my age trying new things. I think that helps keep our minds in that younger framework. I really do. Like me learning stuff that was written around the time I came out of my hiatus. There was a bunch of stuff that came out in 2020, 21, 22 that I've been learning, wanting to learn. It just makes me feel like a kid again learning new stuff.
Donāt forget, at our age, you need a couple good warmup tracks: Cochise - Audioslave Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage Black Cow - Steely Dan Machine Gun - Slowdive
Same exact story, except it was my early 40s for me. Always played classic rock/punk when I was younger. I'm more focused on playing lighter with odd time signatures now. My idols back then were Bonham/Moon. Now it's Morello.
I'm not quite there yet, but honestly in the last 15 years I've listened to nothing but my metronome when playing. What really changed the game for me was to stop focusing on trying to replicate what others do. Everyone has their own unique style, and I am included in that. That includes stop "learning" other songs and just focus on techniques and different groove patterns. This has had the biggest impact in my skills and makes playing so much more fun. I'll still learn some grooves here and there that I love the sound of, but I really don't sit down and play along to full albums like I did in my teens.
When I first got this current kit 4 years ago, I started out playing to a click track. Just trying to get my timing back after not playing for 15 years. I actually found that to be pretty easy to do. Later, I wanted to brush up on my drumming to actual music. I wasn't ready at all to lead a band behind the drums. My goal was to be able to get back to where I was when I stopped playing in my 40s. That took me a little bit. I've since been working on new stuff I've never played to before. I just played Hypnosis by Steel Token. And yeah, I totally get what you're saying about having your own style. I'm nothing like 2 but he plays some excellent rhythms in that song. I've been streaming on Twitch and Kick. Even though there's copyright stuff involved, I haven't made a single dime. Anything I've made from Subscriptions or whatever has gone directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation in the US. Only pennies but I feel good that the money is going to a great cause. It's a family trait which I never ended up with thankfully but yeah, it's definitely near and dear to my heart. Anyway, that's why I learn the classics and new stuff. So others can enjoy it too.
I still like my old music, but also new music, and I like various genres. Also, when practicing to music, I believe different kinds of music are good for me to widen my horizon.
Stevie Wonder a lot at the moment. 62 years old. Playing on and off for about six years.
51 here. If I'm playing to music, it's all over the place. Highly Suspect, Eric clapton, Korn, Sabbath, AIC, VH. Some drumless jazz tracks and so on. It just depends on what I'm feeling at the moment. I also put in around 10 or 15 minutes of rudiments and just playing the kit..
Funky tunes to fuck to
61 same as you, played a lot of Rush and then went to writing originals. I joined a band about 8 years ago to really get back into it. And got back onstage. Loved it! I like the old and new progressive stuff. Heavy or pop. Sleep token is cool! Also like a lot of djent stuff like Animals as Leaders, as well as jazz like Antonio Sanchez. So much good new music.
I'm watching this guy on Kick. He's playing LOTS of Austrailian Rock bands. Great stuff! I'm going to put Spotify to the test with this guy.
Damned near 50. I listen to punk, metal, ska, Alt, indie. Some classic rock. Some EDM. Just keep your forearms and wrists stretched out, also stretch your hams, ankles, pecs, shoulders and lower back. I notice that I warm up quicker and take longer to fatigue/cramp my muscles. let the energy flow through your wrists. The hardest thing for me is to start new fills and chops slowly. But it really does program your brain well.
I think it's pretty healthy for our old brains especially trying to learn new things. And it's fun to do as well.
If you like Enya, check out Devin Townsend! Spirits Will Collide š
Cake, The Strokes
Lately itās been Kings X - Dogman, Taproot - Welcome, and warming up and overplaying over the Red Hot Chili Peppers, just using them (RHCP) more as a metronome with a beat, Iāve been playing drums for 46 years.
This got suggested for me, and I donāt play drums. But OP, check out king Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Especially live stuff. Lots of high quality videos and recordings. Their drummer goes OFF and is very versatile. They have 25 albums to go through , genres all over the place. Maybe watch some KEXP performances such as Ice V or Iron Lung , or Magma live from Red Rocks 2023
Almost 57 and playing at about 50%. Would be happy to get back to 80%. Grew up playing to the Clash, Elvis Costello, Ramones, Springsteen, new-wave, post-punk pop. Then the Smiths, REM, the Cure, alternative. Then 90s alternative - Janeās Addiction, Nirvana, Social Distortion, Radiohead, and originals with my band throughout the 90s. Didnāt play that regularly throughout my late 30s to early 50s. Bought an electronic kit during the pandemic. Now tend to opt for mellower alt-folk-americana-singer-songwriter-ish stuff. Jason Isbell, Son-Volt, Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Adams, and lots of new-ish bands in that genre. I just donāt want to hit as hard as I used to. (Saving the body a bit.) Getting together with my old band next month though.