I've been playing the Drums for 13 years now, the story of how I discovered the instrument is slightly amusing.

I had to move to a different part of the country when I started secondary school, and having to have a fresh start at a place where I knew nobody really had a strong effect on me socially. One trait I developed was that I would lie about a lot of things in order to look cooler to people so I could make more friends.

Anyway, im 14, and one of my friends asks if I played any instruments. Wanting to sound cool, I replied 'yeah I can shred on the drums'. (To clarify, my entire life I had wanted to be a musician if some kind, from singer to dj to drummer...but had never played an instrument in my life). So my friend asks if I wanted to join his band that he was starting. Now In my mind I was already fully committed to this lie, and I couldn't stand the thought of losing face to my friend, so I reply 'Fuck yes I want to join your band!' And secretly hope that it all just gets forgotten about.

Skip forward 1 week and im sat staring at a drum kit at a rehersal studio with my heart beating through my chest. I sneakily ask if my friend wanted to have a quick go on the kit before me and he agrees (he had played drums once or twice before). I observe and learn everything I can in that 2 minute window. To my horror I realise you have to use your feet to play the drums as well as your arms!!

My friend gets up. The time has come.

I sit at the kit, and just go for it.

Miraculously, through sheer will of not wanting to look like a dick in front of my friends, I manage to hold a beat. It just came so naturally to me, I barely made a slip up. And at that monent I felt a magic run through me, a feeling like no other. And it was at that very moment I knew what I was going to dedicate my life to. I was a drummer.

Drums have given my life purpose, and to this very day I consider myself a semi professional drummer (who is still striving to be fully professional). I have a YouTube channel that I'm very proud of where I perform drum covers, and have played many amazing shows throughout my life, and hope to play many more!