Friday, May 11, 2007

Drummer, it's a bummer

Q: How does a drummer practice his instrument in London these days?

A: He doesn't.

Because well, unless you really hate your neighbours, or have the income of a Chelsea FC player, it is truly impossible to owe a drumkit in London.

That's why I recently bought an electronic one (you can see the model here). It feels and sounds nothing like the real thing, and actually is quite noisy just hitting the plastic pads (But that's fine. I don't like my neighbours very much). I am about that close from saying it is rubbish, but I won't. Because it did cost me a fortune so let's pretend it's amazing.

Not that I actually can play the drums, but it seems nobody in London is interested in playing with a Frenchman (we are notoriously crap at indie rock), so I have no other choice but learn it, and record my demos all by myself.

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