I'm Teaching Myself to Play the Drums and the Story Behind My Name Duane's World

16 months ago in February 2016, I decided to start a Youtube channel appropriately called Duane's World. The idea to produce weekly 5 - 10 minute webisodes of my artistic meanderings and insatiable desire to learn new skills. The format, a variety show of sorts. Cut up snippets of short video clips, motion graphics, animation, interviews with myself and others. 5 to 60 seconds or so each a collage of my week's work, learning, play and art!

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Just starting, that's the big issue a lot of people have. I, for example, have to get all my ducks in a row, get everything just right. I think I have this issue because I'm always thinking about first impressions when I start a project. Always having that fear that I'm starting off on the wrong foot with a new project and potentially making the wrong impression it if I don't have it just right at launch. It paralyzes me and often I just don't start, years just go bye, bye. It's these same fears I had when I started my Duane's World blog here on Steemit. Telling myself I'm unable to create brand new content because of my current workload but knowing in my gut I had to get on involved right now with this platform and cryptocurrency or another year would pass me by.

I love the idea of using my green screen as a backdrop instead of trying to key in some cool background. I do that already with many of my videos. This has that behind the scenes vibe.

I love to learn. It's an amazing and exhilarating process teaching oneself new skills. At the moment, I'm a screen printer, I dabble in video and animation, 3D modeling and plan soon to try my hand at video game creation. I'm teaching myself how to sew so I can create rudimentary costumes, in addition, practical model making, props and make-up for my short videos. Oh yeah I dabble in confectionary and candy making :D

My secret black licorice recipe!

2 years ago I started learning guitar and practice a least an hour a day, occasionally borrow a friend's bass guitar as well and thought damn perhaps I should just go all out and try my hand at drums. I had caught the music playing bug I guess. I was already scheming plans for World domination with my future or make-believe bands! Yes bands with a "s" plural, lol.

A Super 8 film I shot in 94'. One of the game contestants decapitates a bag lady, an innocent bystander who wandered onto the battlefield by accident.

I tend to jump from one interest to the next. Losing interest sometimes because I don't think I'm progressing. So I got to thinking perhaps I could document the journey on a blog and track my progress. So I decided to start my Duane's World channel on YouTube to document my artistic interests and indirectly encourage others watching to just get started on a hobby or dream.

Typical day (on the Wheel of Pain) screen printing

Ideally, I wanted to film a bunch of different content and create a cool intro title sequence for the launching. Since I was learning to play music and the theme of my channel is about skill building, I thought it would be only proper to produce the music score myself, even if I suck at first.

Made these futuristic buildings out of paper cups, junk, plastic and wood scraps

I couldn't wait so I decided to just start! I scrapped the idea of getting all my ducks in a row and just begin with me learning the drums and then build upon that with more content. So I went to my local music store and rented out the cheapest drum set for $25 per month and started playing drums by watching Youtube tutorials, but only lasted 4 weeks.

Some 3D modeling software I was testing out

16 months later I found Steemit. It has ignited the fire once again. Over the next week, I'm going to post the 3 other weeks of me learning drums intermittently with other posts. In about 2 weeks I hope to be making posts of all new content. I hope you find inspiration in my meanderings and just get started on what you dream of.

Building and daydreaming at 5 yrs old in Kindergarden

So finally this is my first-week video learning how to drum with no prior experience. The drum kit is a cheap rental and the hit-hat and cymbal are crap, made of a really cheap material. Hopefully, it's not too painful of a watch, perhaps you will have a bit of a laugh :) This was quite difficult for me being in front of a camera, expressing myself. It's good though as it's a fear I want to overcome.

CAN HE PLAY THE DRUMS? - Duane's World - Drums Week 1

When video and book stores insist on shelves down to the floor

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