If there was another instrument that I wanted to play other than guitar… I wanted to play piano, bass and now you can add the drums to that list.

The more I study timing and rhythm and metronome stuff, the more it makes me wish I could play the drums but I never owned the drum set. I just started to learn how to play the drums but “digitally”. I just learn to play from that virtual drum set in garageband for the Ipad. I just learn how to play drum patterns from a drummer’s instructional book that I have.

I figure that I would study timing & rhythm and take it more seriously so I can add my own drum tracks to my songs like with a virtual drum kit or a drum machine, you know what I mean?

Someday I’m gonna plan on buying one of those MIDI drum pads, those things where you push a bunch of buttons. I can record drums and percussion tracks with those.

I love studying timing and rhythm patterns. I know most guitarists out there ignore the metronome and don’t bother studying timing but this stuff is important.

Timing is everything in music!!!

I used to hate the metronome but I’ve grown to loving it.

I mean, if you wanna play in a band and play with other musicians, you gotta learn timing so you can stay in sync with the other players. If you wanna play tight and aggressive, gotta stay in the pocket.

Now it makes me want to find an actual drummer to jam with ’cause those are hard to find… finding a human drummer. However, if I were to find a human drummer to jam with… he/she would have to be good. I’m gonna make sure that this drummer is good at keeping time.

As a guitar player, I’ve become an even better rhythm player just for studying timing. I am now able to come up with complex rhythm playing.

Studying timing maybe frustrating but keep doing it and you’ll get to love it. I still got more to learn but I feel I’ve gotten better than ever before.

Kev