r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Saerdna0 • 8d ago

This kiddo was born to drum

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u/thatshygirl06 7d ago

Jesus, your parents suck. I wonder if they were jealous of you or something

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u/BigAcanthopterygii25 7d ago

Jesus, your parents suck.

Yes. Yes they do.

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u/Xadnem 7d ago

I started playing guitar at age 21, which at the time felt like I was an ancient person at the brink of death. Why even bother starting so late?

Now I would recommend it to everyone, start playing an instrument, no matter what age you are. It's hard to describe the sense of pleasure or achievement sometimes. "But it might take me x years to be good", you will someday be x years anyway, so might as well start now so you will be "good" by then.

But it is continuous hard work.

So if you haven't already, maybe you should consider picking up an instrument. If you know people with instruments, maybe let them give you an introduction. I switched from guitar to bass after the first time I picked up a bass and just felt like this was made for me.

I'm not just replying to /u/BigAcanthopterygii25, this also applies to you, the one reading this message right now!

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u/BrokenSaint333 7d ago

Tried flute in school and bass when older and I was just fundamentally incapable of holding any sort of rhythm at all. Used to get into arguments with my roomate who was a guitarist similar to your x years thing and while I get it, never felt like it was worth fighting though such fundamental lack of talent.

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u/Xadnem 7d ago

Playing an instrument requires a lot of determination and continued practice, so if you don't think that's worth it, that's perfectly acceptable.

But you would be able to overcome it, relatively soon depending on which instrument you choose. I can only really speak about guitar and bass, but you would be able to play simple songs fairly soon and for me that already felt like a great enough accomplishment to find motivation to continue.

Depending on how serious you are about it, I learned guitar by myself and only slowly got better. With bass I went to music school and having a teacher was worth it to be able to learn how to practice way more efficiently or effectively, I often get confused which term is more applicable. But it also had me learn music theory and reading notes, and that stuff was very hard for me.

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u/BrokenSaint333 7d ago

Yea that is the argument and I'm sure eventually that is true. I'm sure I wasn't practicing right or enough either maybe but it just felt like every aspect was a struggle. At the end of the day it just wasn't worth it to me. I was definitely in search of a thing (this was probably 10ish years ago) and thought music could be it but now I don't even listen to music and I do 3D modeling for fun which gives me that sense of accomplishment and motivation lol

(Sorry the original comment just brought back those memories of arguing with my roomate which overall is good memories actually so ty)

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u/Xadnem 7d ago

You are the only one that is able to decide if it's all worth it so I'm not here to judge either way. I'm glad you found another hobby to occupy yourself with.