Really Get Into The Tune

Michael McDermott, drummer for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: And you sort of see that also with the drum videos (people post). Where you’re like, “How many times did you practice this song before you decided to record it? Sometimes you’ve got to practice it a couple more times. I’m just saying…”

But everybody’s for the right now. And it’s like, just slow down. It’s not about how fast you can get that video out and uploaded and how many hits you get. Learn the song. Love it. Really get into the tune and feel it. And if you do that, you can see it. You can see when somebody is earnest about what they’re doing.

But I mean with a lot of those kids (posting drumming videos)… it’s slightly disheartening. You sort of want to shake them and go, “No! Just turn the cameras off. Turn the lights off. Just get in your room, put on your headphones, and shed. And then Friday night when your friends are like, ‘Let’s go party,’ you go, ‘No. I’m going to go up to my room and I’m going to shed.’” And just do that over and over. And not for the sake of anything other than you love the f****ing drums. That’s it.
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