I attended my 1st guitar lesson last Saturday. But on the following day, I cut my left index finger while doing helping my son with his school project. It was quite a bad cut. Guess I'll have to wait until it heals a bit :( My son was quite excited that I'm picking up guitar too and was disappointed when I wasn't able to practice with him.

Well, now Bryan's very interested in music. I tried to start him off at Yamaha music when he was about 6. And he didn't like it at all. Can't blame him. I sat in most of his lessons then and I thought the teacher couldn't possibly make it any more boringer. But now he's taking electric guitar lessons, also at AOR. He's learning bagpipes in school (cos of Boys' Brigade) and yesterday he asked if he could sign up for bass guitar too. Way to go, kiddo!

I'm having a lot of fun with drums. My drum instructor, Raf, would usually ask what songs I'd like, out of which he'll choose songs within my skill level. So right now, I've tried Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars, Coldplay's Yellow, Linkin Park's What I've Done (a bit shaky still), ACDC's Highway to Hell and White Stripes' 7 Nation Army.

Currently I'm learning Maroon 5's Won't Go Home Without You and Muse's Starlight. Won't Go Home Without You is quite easy. But Starlight's beat is a bit faster than what I can manage and I keep tripping over the middle part. My ultimate goal is to play Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper and Greenday's American Idiot!

But it's quite difficult to get drum scores. I've tried searching on the internet. There's plenty for guitars but not much for drums. There's this site Drumscore.com that has a decent range of scores. I managed to order some from Amazon. Others, Raf would provide me with the drum tabs.

So a typical 1/2 hr lesson would be Raf writing out the drum tabs on the whiteboard and explaining the beats to me. He has a laptop in the tiny studio. So he'll play the song on the computer, give a demo. And I'll try to join in. But mostly I'll practice at home cos there's only so much u can do in 1/2hr. There are also sessions where I learn grooves and fill-ins techniques. Overall it's a fun way to learn since I'm actually jumpin in, playing songs that I like.

Btw I just found out that Raf is the drummer for The Goodfellas, apparently quite a popular local band, performing regularly at Timbre. I've totally lost touch with the pub scene.. I've not been to any nightspots since Rachel came along. Used to pub-hop in my younger days. I think my blood-stream is totally cleansed of alcohol now! hahaha. those were the days.... oh well :) better start acting my age....... HA!