Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m glad you can make it. I have put this blog together to talk about my passion in life, Percussion instruments! I have had this passion for Percussion ever since I was in the high school band (which, by the way, was a very loooong time ago).
Essentially, percussion are instruments that are sounded by either shaking, striking, scraping, or plucking. My instrument of choice back in the old days was the snare drum. I absolutely loved that instrument, and I used to play it all the time at home, to the chagrin of my parents.
I knew that when I joined the band that I wanted to hit something, and the drums were the perfect tool to accomplish just that. Of course there are other instruments in the percussion family that accomplish this feat, but the drums were where I wanted to be. It had that “cool” feature that I definitely wanted to get with.
As I grew older and became more entrenched in music as a whole, I grew to become more fond of the different types of musical instruments and what they could produce in terms of the overall sound. That is when I learned to appreciate Percussion as a whole and what it can do to music, whether it be in the background as a follow back, or as the main beat in a song.
Since then, and over time, I have become experienced (but certainly not proficient, it would take decades to get there) in the different classes of the percussion instruments. I have even formed and little band here in my town where we play music on the weekends for joy as well as let off steam. It’s just a thing we do in our garages.
Don’t worry, nobody on “American Idol” has anything to worry about, we’re not that good ; ). We do it for fun and have a blast doing it. Music is so much fun and helps us get over the work week.
Anyway, that brings me to this blog. I have put this together for all those music lovers that have as big a passion for music as I do. I specifically cover percussion instruments as this is what I know best.
Over time I will add content, video’s (I may even throw in a few jam sessions to let you know how we play if I’m feeling brave enough), and whatever else I feel like putting together to spread the word about music and percussion. Feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think, as well as anything else you would like to see.
Thanks again for stopping by, and feel free to look around and take in everything I have to offer here. It’s for all those music lovers out there. Enjoy!
