One of the saddest things in our industry is to hear young drummers criticize or put down older drummers. After all, when you really analyze the history of drumming, all of the newest beats are just new ways of combining the patterns and rhythms played years ago by older drummers. We would all be playing differently today with out the older players to learn from. An even sadder thing is to hear older drummers put down younger drummers. I guess some people would prefer to live in the past. This is unfortunate because learning works both ways. Any honest parent knows this. Our children learn from us and, at the same time, we learn from them. When you lack respect for someone you indicate that your mind is made up. This is a closed mind. A closed mind cannot learn. A mind that cannot learn soon discovers it has allowed […]

October 1982 Issue