Well, this summer I got to play a knee type drum while at Cape Cod, sitting on the deck of the cottage, and it really put a bug in my mind to get a drum. So, I got a very nice djembe for my first drum as my holiday present! I do not know much about drums and the different types, but it has a nice tone to it and seems to be perfect. It has a stand. Really, at this point I am just a hack, but I do find it pretty relaxing to attempt to drum, and I would love to join a drum circle maybe in the spring or take some group instruction.
I’ve just recently realized that one thing I’d love to have someday is a room devoted to music, in part due to 43 things and thinking about what I enjoy in my life. I am going to add that as a separate goal I think – sort of a little studio. With various hand drums, an acoustic guitar, keyboard/computer, mixing board. That’d be enough for me to tinker. As a kid I took piano and clarinet, then I started DJ’ing which I did til about 4 yrs ago (house, trance, techno). Now I am an avid music consumer, but it would be great to be a creator again. I would love to learn the guitar but Aaron has one so I’m going to use his whenever he retrieves it from a dusty attic in NH.
AO says this room could also serve as our book room (mini-library), which he’d like to have… I’ve got visions of me hanging out playing a bit amid all the books and it would be most cool… I know I have a lot of hobbies/interests, and I almost feel guilty starting another one like this, but music in one form or another has been a big interest, just left in a more ‘raw’ state. The nice thing is I don’t need anything on any time table (unlike say starting a reef tank), so I can add as time, funds, and interest permits.
Anyway the music room is not a near term goal so it will have to wait a bit before going on the list.
