My Autobiography

The purpose of this Autobiography is for you to know Who I Am, as authentically as possible.

Drumming I started drumming at a really young age, used various buckets and chopsticks at my Grandma's (I was told I'd put the chopsticks down the drain after I finished using them). I think my love for drums came from the bucket man busker who'd play in the city. There was also the catfish drummer man, who’d play the drums on top of famous melodies on hanging bottles filled with water to play each note. I don’t know what exactly I found interesting about it, maybe the speed, maybe the rhythm. I guess we’ll never know. After that, I remember I had 1 drum (a snare with no snares?) I attached various objects to. I remember I used a coconut shell as a sort of cymbal. Eventually I got my first electric drum kit at 3yrs old and still use it. The dynamics and sensitivity of the heads have gone down the drain but it still works completely fine. Pre School The only thing I remember is to go out at lunch or playtime the teacher would say a number and you had to point to the number on the chart. Most peoples ranges were between 1-10, some had up to 50, but I went up to 100. I remember liking the food quite a lot even though I was extremely picky as a kid. I also made a decent amount of paper planes and sandcastles.

Drumming I started drumming lessons at the local music school when I turned 5 (nearing the end of kindergarten) as it was the earliest accepted age. I can’t accurately remember what I played for the first three years, but the majority was spent learning rudiments and basic coordination. Other than pieces learnt for the end of year concert, there were a lot of paradiddles, rock beat variations, ‘funky beats’, and latin american beats such as bossa nova and bembe. My mum told me I wanted to quit drums briefly because ‘practicing took the fun out of it’ but I'm glad I didn't. I guess it's a fair complaint for a 7yr old. Personally, my approach to learning the drums is focusing on the fundamentals more than learning pieces, similar to my teacher’s. I see a lot of people learn songs, which is great - whatever keeps you going, but the freedom of being able to play whatever you can imagine is what makes it fun for me. Learning pieces also becomes a lot easier because it shifts from learning to refinement. Anyway, that's my two cents. Sports I started playing baseball in the winter of kindy or yr1 (I can’t remember). Don’t remember which position I played, but I don’t think we really had any at that age. I played at a small club called the Pirates for 2? seasons before I moved to the Dolphins - where I still play today. At this age you play t-ball, you remove the pitcher and hit a stationary ball off a tee. There are other nuances and rules that come from having a pitcher, but generally speaking, the rules are almost identical to normal baseball. School Once again, since it's K-2 there's nothing truly significant I need to talk about. I was surprisingly good at reading, immediately going to the highest level book for each year. Nowadays I struggle to read 99% of fictional books.