as we grow older 40's etc do fast stuff become more boring to play?

georgeusa said:
as we grow older 40's etc do fast stuff become more boring to play?

its not that i can't practice and do it,

its more like....i am feeling i'm doing it just to show off or something

its nice to know you can do it at least...but i don't know i am a bit unsure which direction to take
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Do whatever you feel and age is just a number..im 67 and my bass foot is as fast as it ever was but it does what i tell it..speed is neccessary sometimes..anyway we all show off to an extent dont worry.
 
I just can't relate to this notion that "playing fast" was some sort of "shiny object" that I latched onto out of immaturity only to later out-grow.

Personally I was never driven to learn to play anything that wasn't directly inspired by music that I found thrilling and interesting - most all of which I find equally so today (some 50 years later).
 
Boring? No. I'm covering Blondie Call Me it's got some action.

Too many old guy bands have no fire. They're often boring even while being technically proficient.
 
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georgeusa said:
as we grow older 40's etc do fast stuff become more boring to play?

its not that i can't practice and do it,

its more like....i am feeling i'm doing it just to show off or something

its nice to know you can do it at least...but i don't know i am a bit unsure which direction to take
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To me the song take this life by in flames is not that fast even though is 238 bpm, but the song laser cannon deth sentence from Dethklok feels much faster even though it is only 168 bpm... must be the bass drum speed difference.
 
DrumEatDrum said:
I'm the opposite.

The older I get, the more I become a teenager trying to find the latest underground heavy metal band.

Which is weird because when I was in high school, I barely listened to any metal. Now that I'm over 50, I'm like, "Blast beats do sound kinda cool...."
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yep...I also have stayed in touch with the underground stuff since I started there back in the day, and that is why I still enjoy fast for fast's sake. I need that rush at the end of a day dealing with "adult" idiocy....
 
I can handle fast tempos, but have never been able to pull off single strokes at anything approaching Buddy Rich's speed. I'd like to have that ability, but at this point, it's not worth my time to spend hours and hours and perhaps weeks and months, trying to get fast. I'd rather just play to support the music as best as I can, without worrying about speed. There are other things in my life that are more important; family, career, writing, etc.
 
The idea of playing fast has it's charms for me.

It's something that I would like to be proficient in.......it's kinda exciting to see myself that way as I get older.

I'm bang on 50 years old now......but I sound like two skeletons wrestling on a hot tin roof when I try to play fast singles.
 
I always want to have a lot of headroom in what I play-- I want to be able to play a lot more than what the music requires so that what I'm playing is mostly in the middle of my skill set and not, I dunno, aspirational or half-assed.

But preferring fast or slow? Not really. I think I've grown to love very slow, quiet playing a lot more than I did as a younger person, but I also still love being aggressive, fast, and loud.
 
The majority of songs I want to play are *reasonably* fast (depending on your perspective) so for me it's a big, old....

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Ah, to be in my 40s again! I realized early on that, in performance and composition, acrobatic, speed drumming was not what I was drawn to so never really pursued it. Of course I can appreciate it and enjoy it, but my love has always been the pocket. However, from a technique standpoint, I practice not only speed but also playing extremely slow. But, yeah, it's the groove, baby!
 
Not for me, no.

I play medium tempos just as much as fast tempos in my current band. I enjoy it all given the differences in styles.

It’s all just as fun!
 
A lot of things that used to excite me playing drums now bore me (e.g. drum solos and attending huge concerts).

A lot of things that used to bore me now excite me (e.g. letting the song "breathe," tasteful fills and grooves).

As far as playing goes, I play a lot of faster country songs. Unlike rock and heavier genres, a country drummer must be able to play fast while remaining relaxed.

For example, can I play as fast as this guy in the video?
Yup.
Can I play this fast while remaining this relaxed with a set of brushes?
Probably not.

This is as smooth of a fast train beat as it gets. THIS is what I aspire to play like.

 
PorkPieGuy said:
A lot of things that used to excite me playing drums now bore me (e.g. drum solos and attending huge concerts).

A lot of things that used to bore me now excite me (e.g. letting the song "breathe," tasteful fills and grooves).
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I feel the same, but have not written off stuff that I was interested in, I think of it more like certain things are in the spotlight, and the spotlight moves around like a lighthouse beacon. when not in the beacon, those things are s till there.

except big concerts. I avoid those at all costs

Rush was the last group I would ever desire to see in an arena setting - I would watch them anywhere - , so I am probably all done.
 
I would think that its related to novelty and not age.
 
I think OP is talking about, scratching the surface of how tastes change and evolve which I think is a natural thing..
I haven't (intentionally) heard some music I listened to coming up for 50 years. No need to. It's been ingrained..
it's already (been implanted) in my cell. (s)
 
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jda said:
I think OP is talking about, scratching the surface of how tastes change and evolve which I think is a natural thing..
I haven't (intentionally) heard some music I listened to coming up for 50 years. No need to. It's been ingrained..
it's already (been implanted) in my cell. (s)
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Ya, definitely he is. Nothing wrong with changing tastes. I would still keep up the fast stuff, though. When you need it, you need it.
 
can only hang on to so much of the past
like I said it gets stored away usually not come up
in fact I'm pretty sure positive it will never come up
 
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I've found my head can't handle the music associated with the fast speeds like it used to. A couple of broken body parts have lead me to be a bit slower, even long after healing. My SLAC wrist.....still trying to get to where I can play Everlong all the way through. Not sure what year that'll be, but pre surgery, it wasn't a problem.

I am enjoying just grooving more and more though at this point. I still work on single pedal speeds and hand speed exercises. Just prefer to focus on being able to play way longer than to kill myself with speed and be forced to end earlier. Can't even remember the last time I hooked up my double pedal and worked on double bass songs. Sad..... :(
 
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