I recently decided that any day now would be a great time to start acting on some dreams of mine. I have a wonderful job that takes up a lot of my time, but I thought a nice selfish goal to fill in some free moments would feel good. Over the space of a few weeks, I reviewed the bucket list I made a while back, weighed the current odds of some of these things actually happening now, and made a decision...#6 it is!
Bucket List Goal #6--Take Drum Lessons
I started taking lessons three weeks ago, and I love it. You KNOW I've got rhythm and soul, so naturally...
I have a lot of fun, and my instructor is really cool. A problem arose when I realized that practicing the drums by hitting imaginary drum pieces just wasn't work out for me. I upgraded pretty quick and am now the proud owner of this beautiful 5 piece drum set!
I have a lot of fun, and my instructor is really cool. A problem arose when I realized that practicing the drums by hitting imaginary drum pieces just wasn't work out for me. I upgraded pretty quick and am now the proud owner of this beautiful 5 piece drum set!
Don't worry, I don't practice when my roommates are home, and they are cool with it.I got it all for $150 on KSL, which is dang good deal. The hi-hat is noisy because it is a bit bent and the two cymbals don't meet completely, but I'm alright with that for now. Oh, I LOVE the yellow. I feel like you don't see that very often. I feel a bit like a kid taking up drums at the age of 23, but I'm a big fan, so who cares?
Freakishly enough, in August 2009, I wrote this (click here) blog post. In that blog post, I made a totally serious comment about being the awesome drummer girl in the video. I watched it again on Monday and almost died when I realized that the girl is playing on a yellow set. It's fate. ;)
Here is a silly video of me playing a few simple beats combined. I hit the cymbal for the heck of it, and it's hard to hear the kick drum, but you get the gist. I will be rockin' one day, people!
Untitled from Jessica Dixon on Vimeo.
