Man, taking timing and rhythm in music seriously really pays off. I’ve been studying timing and rhythm. I’ve been playing with a metronome every time I pick up the guitar and it takes my rhythm playing to a whole new level. I’ve been taking quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and all that stuff pretty seriously. Learning this stuff really helps me play a lot tighter and helps me come up with a lot more complicated rhythm patterns in my acoustic playing.

Now, I’m dying to play with a real drummer someday so I can test out my skills more.

I have been learning to play drums, though. Not real drums, just virtual drums on garageband. I have an instructional book for drummers so I learn how to play drums through that with the virtual drumming in garageband.

I am understanding timing and rhythm more and more. I wanna learn how to play virtual drums so I can create my own drum patterns for my original recordings. I would like to get a real drum set someday, though. Someday, I will get one. I’ve always wanted to learn how to play drums. I just learn how to play virtually for now. Yes, MIDI drums through garageband.

I know musicians get frustrated and feel annoyed learning timing but it’s important to learn. Why bother playing in a band when you don’t understand timing? You have to learn to play in the pocket. That’s what I’ve been learning.

I wanna play in a band and be able to sound good by staying in the pocket with the other musicians.

Learning rhythm is fun. I wish I took timing in music more seriously a long time ago when I first started.

Kev