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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts
I'm not very good on the guitar but I can play Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Closer to the Heart, Dreamline, Red Barchetta, Freewill, The Trees, and Fly by Night. I just learned Closer to the Heart on the drums. I'm a total Rush dork. They're the sole reason I've learned to play musical instruments. That's not to say that learning to play other stuff, like T00L isn't awesome, but Rush was the inspiration entirely.
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That's more than I can play on the guitar. I can play good enough to do the rhythm stuff of my own writing and then grab someone and say "play a solo on this part". And then say "No, I'm thinking more like this". And then try to hum the part while trying not to sound like a cat screeching in the alleyway.
I started playing drums real early, age 10. Just basic stuff in school. Then I got a drum set when I was 12 and started playing along to records and cassettes( you had to use the massive 70's headphones to isolate the sound ). I learned all the basic 4/4 stuff then I started playing along to Led Zeppelin, then Rush, then I started getting heavy in to Jazz and Funk.
It kinda just kept going and going until one night I found myself on stage at CBGB's in NYC and said "Hey, this turned out pretty ****in' cool"!