Too Young to Die

Well, I figured I'd make it official (nothing is official until it happens on the blog) - there is no band anymore.  I kept lying to myself saying that people were just too busy or sick or whatever, but eventually I admitted what I had known for awhile - it just wasn't going to happen.  One thing that I consider to be an essential truth of life is that people make time for what is important to them, and it was clear to me that people just weren't making time for the band anymore.  I think also one of the band members didn't like another's musical style, so this person may have just quit and I wasn't informed, but my way sounds a lot deeper and more romanticized so I'm sticking with it.

I think I would like to try and join another band someday (one that will last for longer than two months), but for now it's just not realistic.  I don't own an acoustic drum set and probably can't buy one until I move out of the apartment.  At least I can keep practicing in the meantime on the e-kit.

It's unfortunate, but I have still been playing video games to get my drumming fix.

The number jumped up quite a bit since last time (276 songs) for two main reasons - there are ~50 songs in Guitar Hero:Metallica (GH:M), and I finally downloaded the 20 free songs for RB2.  However, I have still been buying new songs in Rock Band as well.  Some recent additions of note are "Stupify" by Disturbed and "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm (remake of a Michael Jackson song).  I'm also still making up my mind about a live version of "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.  Classic song, but not very interesting on drums.  As a side note, Smooth Criminal is SUPER fun on drums.  It would immediately be in my top 10 except it gets really hard during the guitar solo (yes, the drum part gets hard too) and I need to use overdrive so I don't fail.

So if anyone out there wants to play Rock Band or GH:M, you're welcome to stop by the apartment and play.  I will certainly make time for that.