A few weeks ago an old percussionist friend of mine put up a new video up of himself drumming and it kind of took me back, so for this post I want to show you some videos to share that whole experience.

I used to drum A LOT back in the day, and I learned a lot from that experience. Like I said in an older blog post a few years ago:

…taking my percussion thing seriously was the first major goal I ever set (and achieved) for myself and – after some serious introspection – I realized all of the wisdom and personal growth I’ve gained from it. Through percussion and all of my adventures with different bands and drum corps, I didn’t just learn about music…I learned about life.

The first video is of my highschool band: The Uniondale Marching Knights. The following two are of some cats I used to drum with out in Brooklyn. There’s also a very powerful drum corp I used to perform with called The Cadets of NYC, (these are the cats I learned the most from) but I couldn’t find any video footage of them online. I think they’ve disbanded since that time, unfortunately.

Take a second to check these videos out though. They’re tough…

Peace,
+B

>> Reflecting on Percussion pt. 1 (more on the upcoming book)
>> What exactly is a Drum Corp anyway?
>> “The Block Percussion” website
>> An excerpt from my upcoming book