Drum Roll Please...What’s the difference between teaching
yourself how to do something and having someone else teach you? Well, to me
there is a significant difference. You see I am a self-taught drummer and I am
glad I have taught myself how to play. The reason is because I believe learning
on your own is what drives passion. Some people need to teach themselves how to
do certain things because when it comes to that one thing they don’t want
someone holding them accountable for it. They want to hold themselves
accountable. I fell in love with drums
and have been further developing my skills slowly. It all comes with time!
However, I have a couple of people I look up to as a reference of what I want
to be able to do one day! Something that my mom always says is “no matter how
old you are you will never stop learning”.
With that said, I am going to introduce to you two drummers I follow on
a constant basis.
This is a self-taught drummer all
the way from South Africa. He influences me due to his outlook on learning
percussion. He always wants to learn something new about percussion. He has a hunger
for just wanting to dig deeper into something he loves. Aside from his hunger,
you can always see the passion he has to play drums in every one of his videos.
He is just so thrilled sitting on that throne! I know Cobus would directly
agree with my mom’s quote because he is always learning something new everyday
from either other percussionists or himself. It is that desire to learn more
that has brought him so much success, such as his own instructional DVD which
is all about learning how to play drums by ear and learning all of his
techniques! He has his own documentary and has raised tons of money on
Kickstarter from all of his supporters in order to record his own album with
other artists around the world! This guy leaves me speechless with his passion
and drive!
What I love about Luke Holland is
his technicality! This guy started teaching himself how to play drums at age 10
and has become a monster behind the drum set. What this guy has to offer is so
much technique and complex fills that leave your mind blown! At the age of 18,
Luke already accrued over 10 million views on his YouTube account. This guy’s
success through YouTube opened the door to his professional percussion career. In 2010, Luke was asked personally by Adam
Grey of Texas in July to fill in for him at on of their shows. He is now
touring the globe with The Word Alive and has many more opportunities ahead of
him! Luke Holland shows me that dedication and love for something can drive you
to wherever you want to go! Luke and Cobus are the same in that area. They both
wanted something more from drums. That more was sharing their talent with
others.
These two percussionists are amazing
at what they do! Their hearts for music and drumming are in the right place.
They continue to inspire many percussionists through constant interaction on
social media. They are a clear example of how far passion can take you. They
display, through their skills, how so much love for something can take you
wherever you want to go!
