<p>Are there any drummers out there in music school?</p>
<p>If so, who would you say is the most talented drummer in the rock scene today?</p>
<p>Does Chad Sexton (of 311) turn any of your heads?</p>
<p>Oh, come on. There has to be at least one drummer here. Or are drums not cool enough?</p>
<p>I think percussion is fun and plenty cool.</p>
<p>Funny story about a neighbors child. He wanted from an early age to be a drummer and took one of those summer programs where they expose you to all the different instruments.</p>
<p>Once they saw he could handle several brass instruments, they told him not to waste time with drums, that was for the tone death kids or those that could not play an instrument. </p>
<p>Not a very positive thing to tell a kid.</p>
<p>2 of my DDs best friends plan to pursue careers in percussion/music. One has auditoned at U Mich and another at Univ. Ky. and several others. Our hs marching band has an extremely impressive resume and both of these young men plan to march/play in college. One of the 2 is also extremely talented on set drums.</p>
<p>I know this is second hand, but good friends of ours son is a freshman percussion major at UMICH. He is very happy there and says UMICH is a great program. Lots of marimba and timpani. Anyone who says a percussionist is tone deaf doesn't know a thing.</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks percussion is for tone deaf kids hasn't a clue about percussion. In jazz, the drummer is the time keeper, and it is the most important job of the whole ensemble.</p>
<p>Sure, some kids just bang on the drums, but there are also kids who bang on the piano. It takes real skill to play percussion well!</p>