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Ah thanks for asking, I keep meaning to come back to this thread!
Yeah I managed to find someone to teach me and I had my 4th lesson this week. Some drums came up on freecycle, when I went to collect them we got chatting and the guy I picked them up off offered to teach me. He's not qualified/doesn't have grades etc but it's going well so far. He's got me practicing rudiments and we're going through the Trinity College Initial Drum Kit Grade 2 book. I've learned the first song, Act One Beginners which is a horrible jaunty little show tune type thing. I'm now learning the 2nd song which is a much nicer funky song.The kit I have has pieces missing so is a bit wobbly and the hi hat sounds truly horrible, but I'm really enjoying the process. One thing I'm struggling with a little is being self conscious (picked the wrong instrument then hey!) and feeling aware that neighbours can hear etc. In my mind listening to someone trying to learn an instrument can be pretty torturous, so that's something I need to work on. I keep playing over in my mind if I'd be better with an e-kit but I really prefer the idea of acoustic.
But overall it's fun and I'm pleased with how it's going so far! -
Yeah the lessons and teacher are great although had to scale back recently due to my father in law being poorly hoping to get straight back into it asap ( likely after Xmas )
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Nice!! I'm still using GarageBand for that, keep telling myself I'm going to get something better but not really got round to it yet. I've found one kit in GarageBand that sounds ok and I've just stuck with that ever since setting it up.
I can't believe how bad the Alesis module sounds are - I've never seen anyone say anything complimentary about them. Any time anyone mentions them it's to say how shit they are. You'd think Alesis would be embarrassed to ship them.
@littleK and @Trunkie how are your lessons going, if you're doing them? Soon I'll have to replace a set of drumsticks for the first time and it's giving me the same tiny hipster thrill as when I had to replace a rear tyre for the first time because I skidded through it :')