Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I went away for 3 weeks vacation, after a week or so I started to get 
short fused over the dumbest things. I just got back home tonight and 
realized what it was, I picked up my sticks and enjoyed a few hours 
of thearapy. I should have looked for a studio when I was on 
vacation, only if it were for an hour. I've only had my DTXII since 
December, pretty crazy huh. You know what else? I was nervous about 
losing a little from being away,  but oh no....... my limbs seemed to 
belong to someone else, I was hitting beats that I had a little 
problem with before I left. Anyone have this sort of thing happen?
Rob

--- Rob wrote:
> I went away for 3 weeks vacation, after a week or so I
> started to get short fused over the dumbest things.
> I just got back home tonight and realized what it was,
> I picked up my sticks and enjoyed a few hours 
> of thearapy.

As a wise man on another forum once remarked of drums: "cheaper than 
a shrink, safer than a gun."

> ... I was hitting beats that I had a little 
> problem with before I left. Anyone have this
> sort of thing happen?

Yes.

Stewart

> You know what else? I was nervous about
> losing a little from being away,  but oh no....... my limbs seemed to
> belong to someone else, I was hitting beats that I had a little
> problem with before I left. Anyone have this sort of thing happen?

When I have that problem happen (which is a lot), that usually means that I 
need to rest my muscles, like you would in sports.  Sometimes, I'll be doing 
other things I have to do, like move to another place to live or going out of 
town, so I won't be able to drum for a couple of days.  When I come back, my 
playing is a lot better.

Stephanie

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <robarrie2003@y...> wrote:
> I went away for 3 weeks vacation, after a week or so I started to 
get 
> short fused over the dumbest things. I just got back home tonight 
and 
> realized what it was, I picked up my sticks and enjoyed a few hours 
> of thearapy. I should have looked for a studio when I was on 
> vacation, only if it were for an hour. I've only had my DTXII since 
> December, pretty crazy huh. You know what else? I was nervous about 
> losing a little from being away,  but oh no....... my limbs seemed 
to 
> belong to someone else, I was hitting beats that I had a little 
> problem with before I left. Anyone have this sort of thing happen?

Strange things can happen after a layoff, especially after an 
intensely active period of playing. It seems like the body/mind 
sometimes needs a subconscious processing interval to allow something 
new to emerge. The same phenomenon is well documented in the 
literature about creativity. Many people who've made an important new 
discovery, solved a nagging problem, finished a work of art or music 
often made their breakthroughs after taking a voluntary, accidental, 
or enforced leave of absence from their efforts. Among many famous 
stories is the one about Henri Poincare, who, after nearly driving 
himself crazy for months trying to solve a mathematical problem, fell 
asleep on a train and dreamed the solution. 

On a much humbler note, my old trombone teacher had a joke about it. 
Everytime I came to a lesson with an unusally great tone and a spring 
in my step, he'd say, "Ah, I see you haven't been practicing again."

Ed