A Brief History of Time Signatures

Hi, my name is Aaron, and I'm a drummer.

(Support group: Hi Aaron)

I am going to make the transition from fake drummer to real drummer. Let me explain why this is significant. I didn't grow up with music. My high school was too small to have a band. I never really had any interest in music until college. I don't even own an MP3 player. So as you might imagine, it's a pretty big surprise to me that any of this happening.

A bit of background on how this all came about -

A friend of mine named Reuben got the video game Rock Band about a year ago. In case you live in a cave and haven't seen this game, it lets you play popular rock music on fake plastic instruments. The picture below is a Rock Band drum set:

So Reuben invited some friends (Anderbra, James, and me) over to his house and we all fell in love with it immediately. I played guitar a little (having played Guitar Hero in the past), but as soon as I played the drums, I knew that was my instrument. I quickly moved up to Medium and then Hard, then stalled out a bit. Eventually, I got the game myself and started drumming more often. I moved up to Expert and ending beating all of the songs. Soon, Rock Band 2 came out and I had more songs to satiate my passion for percussion (275 songs and counting!).

It wasn't just about the game, though. There were many times when I would watch Rush or Dream Theater on YouTube to see their phenomenal drummers in action. I was always drumming along with whatever was on the radio or in my head. Recently, I made the decision to try out the real thing. I would love to learn how to play the drums for real and someday join a band. This is the ongoing story of how I make the transition from fake drummer to real drummer. Hopefully it will be informative and entertaining, and maybe you'll get some laughs out of it.