I'm trying to work at home but ..

[Manc Chris]

Back to the original topic of this thread.

One can learn many new skills in this world (watching my grammar and sentence structure) but rhythm I believe "ain't" one of them. I've worked on mine for 20 years and have made dismal progress.

Ok, firstly, put away your trumpet as your grammar is shite. There needs to be a comma after both 'rhythm', and 'believe'. And why the quotation marks around "ain't" ? Poor.

Secondly, thanks, for offering weight to my initial argument (re rhythm).

[jens]

Seriously, Jens started throwing the insults around, he owes me an apology.

[jens]

Ok, firstly, put away your trumpet as your grammar is shite. There needs to be a comma after both 'rhythm', and 'believe'. And why the quotation marks around "ain't" ? Poor.

actually that's punctuation but not grammar...

[Glooper]

Of course you can learn rhythm...

kids aren't born with the ability to tap in time.. it's something they learn...
In the same way you can learn to rub your belly and tap your head at the same time.

Admitidly some people struggle more than others...

Ben

[ross g]

sorry, i gotta vote for manc chris on this one...i kinda had a similar experience, i was helping clean the gym at my school with some other kids, there was a drum kit and a piano, i hopped on the drums and another kid hopped on the keys, i could keep a beat right away, nothing great, but it was a beat...i've seen other people try and try and not pick it up...i think some people just don't have certain skills, like i stink at visuals, i honestly didn't take his statement like "i'm so friggen great and this kid is a dick", i took it as "wow, he ain't pickin' it up too good, is he"

and i write like i talk, sorry...


just an opinion,
rg

[Ildon]

I agree with Glooper. Some people have a harder time than others, but you can learn rhythm.

You also have to take into consideration that different people interpret rhythm differently. Just because a rhythm is noisier, less common or something you're not used to, that doesn't mean the drummer doesn't feel rhythm or they're bad at drumming. They just might feel it differently from you. Charles Ives' father said "it's okay, so long as you know what you're doing" when Mr. Ives was banging on the piano keys as a kid and making what would be considered unlistenable music.

If you couldn't learn rhythm, people wouldn't look to other musical cultures and adopt different rhythms from them... which is a pretty common practice.

[The Chase]

get any DJ that knew anything close to what he was doing the first day

[Ildon]

get any DJ that knew anything close to what he was doing the first day

Yep, that's also my point. Like Jens said, we begin somewhere. Just some of us are drawn more towards experimental music than traditional music.

I think it's great that the guy is attempting to learn music in the first place.

[bluedad]

a drummer in one of my first bands left his kit at my house; I would try to play a beat and was just very bad at it.
edited for grammatical errors
hope I get at least a B

[Manc Chris]

Seriously, Jens started throwing the insults around, he owes me an apology.

[cptgone]

it was on the costs of the neighbour kid! Stupid fcuker.

Yeah, we all hate that kid! Where's my baseball bat? *humms "Beat on the Brat" in joyful anticipation*

[cptgone]

there was a drum kit

Your spelling skills suck. Kid is spelled k-i-d.

like i stink at visuals

You smell so bad you can see your aura of stench?

[Hovmod]

kids aren't born with the ability to tap in time.. it's something they learn...

My ten month old, Oskar, often sits with a big smile nodding in time to music. When the music overtakes him and the nodding drops out of time, he gets a properly confused look on his face and crawls off in disgust. That seems awfully close to an innate sense of rhythm to me, but I'm the dad and can't be asked to be objective about it...

[advaya]

I sure do like drums.

[seamoss]

edited for grammatical errors
hope I get at least a B