well there are a few solutions to that. what city do you live in? I think i can help you. I know a lot of people.

[QUOTE=Canadian_Guy]I'd love to learn piano. It'd be cool to be able to play like John Lennon or Elton John or Chris Martin.

Maybe that's something I can do when I retire.[/QUOTE]
Teach yourself. I've been teaching myself and having a great time with it.

The first song I learned to play was clocks, I can play most of Amsterdam (and sing it too) now, and I'm slowly teaching myself riders on the storm. If you have a piano I suggest you try and play it's a great source of fun.

[QUOTE=brettberry]well there are a few solutions to that. what city do you live in? I think i can help you. I know a lot of people.[/QUOTE]
I live in London.

Really? well, i can help you in another way. do you have a lot of musician friends? btw, did that bombing over there affect you?

[QUOTE=brettberry]Really? well, i can help you in another way. do you have a lot of musician friends? btw, did that bombing over there affect you?[/QUOTE]
No, not london england, sorry. London Ontario. And yes I have a fair number of musician friends, 3 mates in my band, and I know a good number of other musicians of varying degrees of skill aswell.

Canada? cool. well, generally what you would do is get together with some of your friends(no matter what skill or even type of music) and play with them, whether its the drums or different instruments. then you will pick up on some of the things they play and take it and run with it. also you can change some of theyre personal stuff and have fun with it.

[QUOTE=brettberry]Canada? cool. well, generally what you would do is get together with some of your friends(no matter what skill or even type of music) and play with them, whether its the drums or different instruments. then you will pick up on some of the things they play and take it and run with it. also you can change some of theyre personal stuff and have fun with it.[/QUOTE]
Ya. I just wish I could take lessons to get the kind of critiquing that could really help me out and it would make finding new/different/harder material easier.

having a professional teacher is usually more helpful anyway.

well, you have to look at it this way. 1) you have to start somewhere 2) how do you think the teachers did it?

They should sticky this thread. :D :p

There's not really a need to sticky it. We've Kept it alive for, well a looooooong time.

[QUOTE=SrV_FeN63'StRaT]They should sticky this thread. :D :p[/QUOTE]
what do you mean sticky and why?

were in like, almost fourty thousand posts.

[QUOTE=brettberry]well, you have to look at it this way. 1) you have to start somewhere 2) how do you think the teachers did it?[/QUOTE]
I used to have a teacher. I took lessons for a while, then got to the point where I could teach myself new stuff as well as he could (this is what he said, not me btw). But there are still other teachers that can teach me things better than I could teach them to myself and I'd love to have that experience again. Even as a world renown drummer I would still look to other drummers to help me, just by that point it becomes more of an exchanging partnership than a teacher student relationship.

[QUOTE=brettberry]what do you mean sticky and why?[/QUOTE]
A sticky makes the thread stay at the top of page 1.

I want lessons, but just don't have the time. I've done quite well off for 3 or 4 years by myself. I can play just about anything I attempt at this point, but there are always things I can learn.

And no this thread should not be stickied because it has survived for this long and there is no need. It would just ruin it.

true, so very true my man, see, drummers and guitarists can get along, we arent so very different are we? It sounds like to me that your teacher probably wasnt skilled enough to teach any more than what he taught you.( I know this because I did the same thing 6 years ago.)

[QUOTE=i am miik]I want lessons, but just don't have the time. I've done quite well off for 3 or 4 years by myself. I can play just about anything I attempt at this point, but there are always things I can learn.

And no this thread should not be stickied because it has survived for this long and there is no need. It would just ruin it.[/QUOTE]
Ya, I'm a good drummer, I can play a variety of styles, and I can play them well. But there's always more you can learn.

[QUOTE=brettberry]true, so very true my man, see, drummers and guitarists can get along, we arent so very different are we? It sounds like to me that your teacher probably wasnt skilled enough to teach any more than what he taught you.( I know this because I did the same thing 6 years ago.)[/QUOTE]
*is confused about the drummers/guitarists comment*

Yes that's exactly it. He was a young teacher, and although he could have taught me more it wasn't worth it because I could have taught it to myself just as easily. However I'm sure an older more experienced teacher would still be able to teach me alot.

[QUOTE=RockAndRoll]Ya, I'm a good drummer, I can play a variety of styles, and I can play them well. But there's always more you can learn.[/QUOTE]

My dad and grandpa play drums. My dads pretty good he just recorded an album for his band. My grandpa is in the polka hall of fame for drums. I don't know if thats a good or a bad thing. I tried drums for a while, but then I got into guitar. I started off just wanting to play some Blink 182 songs, and playing drums buy themselves wasn't cuttin it for me. I still can play though. I just got way into guitar.

[QUOTE=RockAndRoll]Ya, I'm a good drummer, I can play a variety of styles, and I can play them well. But there's always more you can learn.[/QUOTE]
and unfortunately, there is always someone in your town better than you.

I want to play drums.. I play guitar right now and I took lessons for a few months last year

[QUOTE=blue3]I want to play drums.. I play guitar right now and I took lessons for a few months last year[/QUOTE]
Do you have a set?

i play drums, guitar and sax if anybody cares. haha.

[QUOTE=i am miik]My dad and grandpa play drums. My dads pretty good he just recorded an album for his band. My grandpa is in the polka hall of fame for drums. I don't know if thats a good or a bad thing. I tried drums for a while, but then I got into guitar. I started off just wanting to play some Blink 182 songs, and playing drums buy themselves wasn't cuttin it for me. I still can play though. I just got way into guitar.[/QUOTE]
That's cool. :lol: at the grandpa in the polka hall of fame.

Ya, when I started I was pretty serious about drums. I joined this site before I had a kit or anything and I constantly researched the subject. I saved every penny for a good six months then caught an awesome deal on a used kit. I had already bought some books (which I think was smarter than just trying to learn songs) and started taking lessons within a few months.

I've taken a much more relaxed approach to piano though. I took one lesson when i was 6 or so, but quit because I thought I wasn't good enough. Then in grade 9 as a percussionist I had to play the bells. I'd practice the bell parts on my piano. But I never really liked them that much so it only really served me by giving me some ability when i started trying to play songs.

Probably about a year ago my neighbour played clocks for me on the piano. Since I liked the song I asked if I could borrow the music. I borrowed it and learned to play the intro and I learned the notes for the vocals. As time went by I learned a few more things on piano. Another percussionist taught me the blues scales and I played some (admittedly very basic) blues. Another friend taught me the intro to a Ray charles song. I learned part of the four seasons. I also learned how to do alot more with clocks and became quite good at playing it and fooling around with it. I also started fooling around and making some of my own stuff up. Then a few weeks ago I found a few piano tabs and have been trying to teach myself some songs.

[QUOTE=brettberry]and unfortunately, there is always someone in your town better than you.[/QUOTE]
:lol: tell that to steve gadd.

[QUOTE=RockAndRoll]:lol: tell that to steve gadd.[/QUOTE]
yeah, but then he'll point you in vinnie colaiuta and dave weckl's direction.

[QUOTE=blue3]I want to play drums.. I play guitar right now and I took lessons for a few months last year[/QUOTE]
drums are great. They're expensive though.

[QUOTE=PinkFreud]yeah, but then he'll point you in vinnie colaiuta and dave weckl's direction.[/QUOTE]
Or at least he would if they were better than gadd.. ;)

[QUOTE=RockAndRoll]Or at least he would if they were better than gadd.. ;)[/QUOTE]
they are better than gadd, and drums are expensive, but last long ;)

(guitar strings, amplifiers, cords, picks, pedals, tuners,etc.)