Piano came first as a kid. Guitar showed up in my early teens. Drums grew out of my school brass band into something I still play today.
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Drums came to me first through my school's brass band, where I played percussion for parade and performance lines. The discipline of keeping time for a full ensemble, in public, with no place to hide, is where my relationship with rhythm actually started. From there I stepped into the drum set on my own. Watching lessons, transcribing fills by ear, slowing tracks down to half speed and working them back up.
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Piano is the oldest one. It is where I go when I want to think, and where I keep the technical fundamentals sharp. A lot of what I play at the keyboard I play by ear. Hearing a track once and working it out on the keys is a habit I built up over the years, and it is still the most satisfying way for me to sit with a piece of music.
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Guitar showed up in my early teens and it is where I go when I want to write. Between the three instruments I end up with a pretty full toolkit for whatever mood the week is in.
