First post – introduction

This is my first post on WordPress, so first off let me introduce myself. My name is Philip, I am 21 years old (turning 22 in 3 weeks) and from the Netherlands. My day “job” is studying science and technology at the University of Twente. Other than that I play drums, which is my absolute passion.

I have two drum kits at the moment: a silent, neighbour-friendly Roland TD6 electronic drum kit, and a loud and beautiful Tama Superstar Custom.

I find myself always having lots of things to say about drumming, so I figured a blog would be a healthy outlet rather than talking about drums to people 24/7.

I started drumming at the tender age of 10, the first year just being about learning to play the snare drum and after that moving on to the full kit. It used to be more of a habit than a real hobby so I didn’t progress particularly fast, but fast enough and I always performed well on exams. I have had lessons for about 7 years all in all, and now primarily learn by self-teaching, and teaching others. I have two pupils, both of them very motivated and talented.

That’ll do for now. Oh yeah, here’s a small picture of me performing at an outdoor ministry:

~ by bigphil1004 on March 21, 2008.