I have been playing a lot of Rock Band lately. I discovered that if I spend a good chunk of time playing I get completely sucked into it and the next challenge becomes a very important goal I must achieve. It could be earning a merch girl or a roadie, done and done. Unlocking more and more songs, I always need new songs…. Or, most importantly to date, moving from my stinky tour bus to a bitchin’ plane.

Sometimes I sing but mostly I “play” the drums and I like it very much. So I have been wondering, does that mean I would be good at playing actual drums? Not at first, of course not, there is one thing I am sure of and that is I am not a drum prodigy. However, maybe my interest in the Rock Band drums could transfer to an interest in real drums. I might finally learn to play an instrument (elementary saxophone doesn’t count). I have even been trying to master stick twirling because it looks cool and seems like something I absolutely need to be able to do if I am to succeed at any sort of drum career, faux or real.

This kind of relates to my very first blog where I kind of dissed Blake Peebles and his obsession with Guitar Hero but this is different. He hasn’t expressed any interest in playing the real instrument, I am. I am thinking I might have to at least try the real thing. I am surrounded by musicians, several of whom are drummers… I’m sure I could ask one of them. Then I can talk about starting that band I have been talking about since college and then just take drum lessons and never actually apply them to a band;)

- Brenna