Very happy to have found your website Scott, after seeing a few videos, I'd thought "who is this guy, where did he come from, and how did he come up in his drumming world?" Now, it's so fun reading all about you, and putting what I've been watching into perspective. I am 61 yrs and 11 months old right now, and have only this year decided to take time off from my band and learn rudiments, and how to do a few crazy licks on the drums to kick up my performances, which up to ... Read More

Very happy to have found your website Scott, after seeing a few videos, I'd thought "who is this guy, where did he come from, and how did he come up in his drumming world?" Now, it's so fun reading all about you, and putting what I've been watching into perspective. I am 61 yrs and 11 months old right now, and have only this year decided to take time off from my band and learn rudiments, and how to do a few crazy licks on the drums to kick up my performances, which up to now have been "timekeeper", no soloing, just keeping it simple, dynamic, and musical. I first got interested in drums after seeing Ringo on Ed Sullivan in the 5th grade. My parents wouldn't allow me to play drums (Gene Krupa got arrested for marijuana!), so I took up the trumpet in the 6th. After a two year stint in military school during high school, and marching everywhere I went, drums came back to me again. Never interested in rudiments and technical drumming, I just wanted to play in a rock band. Now that I'm old, I feel that it's time to learn and actually start "practicing". I want to understand what my new heroes are doing, guys who make your jaw drop, you know them. Not that I will ever be able to do that before I ride off into the sunset, but I sure would like to try. Thanks Scott for what you are doing, from the simplest beats and fills to the jaw-droppers. There is no one else like you on the web.