Are drums fun to play?

I don't know how often you get behind a set and thump away, I have a small set at home that my son uses and work out from time to time.

Today I took up an offer by another hockey dad to drop by and check out his drums. Well if you can picture a 10' x 10' room so completely filled with percussion instruments that you can make it from the door to the throne and then you're encircled by things of all dimension. A full hi end Yamaha kit with no less than three snares, blocks, bells, chimes, native drums and percussive devices and when you turned around there was a full digital set complete with his own mixer, monitor and the control surface for programming....

I could have spent an entire day just exploring the possibilities.

I love playing the drums. My wife is always complaining because I "tap". I always seem to be subconsciously working out beats in my head and tapping them out on tables, chairs, walls etc. Drives her nuts but I can't help it. Sitting at a drum kit and playing for a few hours really lets me explore complex beats and helps get it out of my system (at least for a while). It's very cleansing for me.

I was a drummer for many years, only playing guitar for my oen enjoyment. I let the drums go a long time ago, and I really suck at them now. But that does not make them any less fun to bash away upon.

Bill

i'm addicted to drums.

Drums are incredibly fun. I play mostly guitar these days, but I still consider myself a drummer. Don't get me wrong - I love playing the guitar, but getting behind my kit and locking into a groove sends me to another plane. Also, like A String Of Lights, I'm always tapping on something. Co-workers have repeatedly commented on it and if I had a dollar for every time my wife said "Don't drum while you drive!", I'd be a very rich man.

P.S.

500!!!

congrats on the big 500 IHGB.
yes indeed drums are fun, i used to have a set when i was a pup, i would really need to crack down and practice to be any good now.

I have the same habit. (Er.. problem, if you ask my wife. )

I don't play drums, per se, but I enjoy trying.

I think drums and percussion, along with voice, are the most primal of instruments. It's so natural for babies to hit things, and most all of us likes clapping our hands or stamping our feet, even those who do not play instruments or sing.

We finally got a studio kit recently. Here\'s a link to a thread bout that, and some pictures

Yes, they're fun to play... and I try to bash away for a bit every day... but you can't take them to the beach and sit around the campfire and play with them easily like you can with an acoustic guitar.

Drums are incredibly fun to play!

However they are not nearly as fun to listen to when the drummer is new lol. I always used to jump on our drummers set and I think even the dogs left the house.

That's what hand drums are for.

Personally, I find that drummers are fun to play with.

Most of my guitar ideas come from drum lines—imagining grooves and then coming up with note ideas based on those grooves.

Naturally, I love messing with drums.

My drummer says I have good instancts but bad technical skills. Which is probably a nice way saying, "Dude.. get the fuck away from my drums."

I sing a lot of drum lines to him, which helps us both with our rhythmic phrasing.

I've got a little Ludwig kit. Really a blast to play although I'm way outta shape.

Drums are my main axe (I get the most calls for gigs/sessions as a drummer) although I now spend most of my practise time on keys & guitar (about 10% of my gigs are as a keyboardist/guitarist).

Drums provide a more immediate satisfaction (almost anyone can learn a few basic beats rather quickly). I've always thought that drums are so primitive and primal (likely the very 1st instrument) that they speak to the soul more than other instruments.

Let's face it, how cool is an instrument that you get to beat the crap out of!!!

As someone who doesn't play drums worth a %*$#, but has been known to sit down and bang out some lame beats, I'd have to say that drums are THE most fun instrument to play.

Nope, not fun. In fact they are not in style anymore, noones doin it. Cowbell is where its at now.

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Hmmm.. I think she's gonna make a drummer out of me

... with my luck I'll just end up dummer