your time has come.

...you hit the cymbals, make a couple of rolls and some mind-cracking and nerve-wrecking fills... you twirl your stick before hitting the splash on your right... bright lights dance while you do some upbeats on your hi-hat... then you let your toms sing their hearts out... your sticks made a few quick but powerful strokes on your floor tom before making their way back to your snare...

you know that the moment you have isn't long - but it doesn't matter.

and then you start your last few rolls... you hit your snare while pounding your bass drum with double peds, as if you're trying to defy a legion of marching bands... the music is still playing in your ears, but your time is now about to end...

and its up to you.

...welcome silence and make music, or let your hands continue to unleash their energy on your sticks and transform the music you produced to noise...

...you made your sticks run their final combinations around the drumset - all over the place...

then you stopped.

but the music is still alive in your veins... it should be. its not supposed to cease.

and its not about the drumset, sticks, or whatever... all that matters is how you relate to the music... you should not get rid of or even try to suppress the music inside of you... just let it play and perculate in your head... if there is an opportunity to practice or simulate whats in your head, then do so... make every effort to translate it to your hands, then to the sticks your holding... and when your time comes again, playing the music in your head won't be of much effort...

you wouldnt even have to think of how youre going to do it, or whats coming next.... you just play.

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“I religiously follow a constantly-evolving practice routine. It’s not glamorous, but for me daily practice is a principle source of growth and inspiration in my playing...”
-Thomas Lang