Finally, I found the mental clarity needed to let go of the gear, the idols and my underlying need to prove myself. The truth was, I’d always had everything I needed in myself and it was only my reluctance to leave the past behind stopping me. Letting Go (Almost) With renewed purpose to play and… Continue reading Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 6 – Letting Go and Moving On
Author: thedrumdoctor
Dave Taylor – 1964-2025 – Drummer, Artist, Friend
Once again, I find myself writing another obituary for an old friend who had significant impact on my formative years. Whilst I come to terms with the painful and shocking loss of someone I was close to in my younger life, the comparison cannot be made with the immeasurable grief experienced by his family. First… Continue reading Dave Taylor – 1964-2025 – Drummer, Artist, Friend
Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 5 – Recovery & Rebirth
A potential career-ending injury became the wake-up call I needed to rebuild everything — not just my technique, but my sense of self behind the kit. Reinvention #6 (Rebirth) The words of Billy Ward did eventually find a gap through my stubborn resistance to let go of the past, but only after experiencing the excruciating… Continue reading Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 5 – Recovery & Rebirth
Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 4 – Reflections and Reality
I was obsessively chasing foot speed, worshipping the masters and convincing myself it all had purpose. But the deeper I went, the more I had to confront what I’d been avoiding. I Will Never be Vinnie nor Have the Fastest Feet Almost every drummer corrupted by the DCI Music Videos of the 1980s puts themselves… Continue reading Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 4 – Reflections and Reality