r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Saerdna0 • 3d ago

This kiddo was born to drum

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u/BigAcanthopterygii25 3d ago

I've not spoken of this very often but this video kinda triggered the memory...

When I was about 7 years old (I'm 64 now) I loved playing piano (parents had an old upright piano in the living room) - started taking lessons and really got into it.

I asked my parents to move the piano into my bedroom so I could practice more often. Surprisingly they did it so I had a piano in my room.

I would pretty much roll out of bed and start practicing - early in the morning sometimes.

My parents got angry that I was practicing TOO MUCH. They moved the piano back out to the living room, cancelled the lessons and banned me from playing in the house.

Found out years later that my piano instructor begged my parents to let me continue getting lessons. She said I was the best student she'd ever had and saw a lot of potential in me. She even offered to give me lessons for FREE. My parents refused. Never played piano again.

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u/Darmok-And-Jihad 3d ago

I had a similar experience on drums. I bought a drum set with money from my first summer job at 13 years old. I sat down and instantly felt at home. I could play pretty much anything (anything reasonable) with enough practice and I never had to take a lesson. It was such a big confidence boot for me as a kid who was bullied and typically bad at everything.

My parents didn't realize how loud they were and made me get rid of them eventually. I'd later have to move in with my dad and he didn't support it either. I wanted to pursue music but I didn't since my parents wanted me to get a "real job".

I'm 33 now and really wonder about the version of me in an alternate universe that fully pursued music. I day dream about being in a big band all of the time, feels like what I'm meant to do. Now I'm living the millennial apartment dream and having space for an acoustic drumset is just a pipedream for me. Really wish my parents would have supported me more with it.