Timmy Jones: Confessions from the Drum Cage | @christomlinmusic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po6RFdzDNE8

Zusammenfassung

TLDRThe video discusses the journey of a drummer who began playing in a Southern Baptist church at 14. He reflects on the evolution of his playing experiences, including challenges with sound equipment and dynamics in church music settings. The drummer shares how he navigated emotional ups and downs throughout his journey, emphasizing the need for adaptation to various acoustic environments. The video also announces a giveaway in celebration of the channel reaching over 100k subscribers, inviting viewers to participate before the registration deadline of February 28th.

Mitbringsel

  • 🎶 Drummer's journey started at 14 in church
  • 🪘 Experienced evolution from acoustic to electronic kits
  • 🔊 Sound management has always been a challenge
  • 😓 Faced emotional ups and downs while performing
  • 💰 Transitioned to paid church gigs over time
  • 🎉 Celebrating 100k YouTube subs with a giveaway
  • 📅 Giveaway registration closes February 28th
  • 🎵 Importance of playing dynamically in different venues
  • 👂 Adjusting sound levels is key for performance
  • 🌟 Learning to be a vessel for the music through years

Zeitleiste

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    The speaker reflects on their journey as a worship drummer, celebrating the milestone of surpassing 100k subscribers on their YouTube channel, and announcing a giveaway of a ride symbol in partnership with Sweetwater. They recount their early experiences playing in a Southern Baptist church, surrounded by instruments without modern sound technology, leading to challenges of sound and perception as a drummer. Over time, they navigated different church settings, including playing with electronic drums and dealing with psychological aspects of their role during performances. Eventually returning to their original church, they learned the importance of playing dynamically and being mindful of the room's acoustics, emphasizing the balance between personal expression and serving the musical ensemble. Throughout their journey, they have embraced a mindset of humility and being a vessel for music, particularly as they now prepare to perform in various venues while maintaining the intensity of their music without overwhelming the audience.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the drummer's background?

    The drummer started playing in a Southern Baptist church at the age of 14.

  • What equipment changes did he experience?

    He transitioned from traditional drum kits to electronic drums and back, facing various sound management issues over the years.

  • What is the purpose of the video?

    To share his personal journey and experiences in music, as well as to announce a giveaway for reaching 100k YouTube subscribers.

  • What does he mean by 'playing dynamically'?

    It refers to adjusting the intensity of the drumming to fit the venue and the overall sound of the music.

  • When does the registration for the giveaway close?

    Registration for the giveaway closes on February 28th.

  • What is being given away?

    An amazing ride cymbal.

  • How did he feel about playing in church?

    He experienced mixed emotions, feeling overwhelmed and loud at times, but also recognized the importance of his role.

  • What does he consider important in a performance?

    Adjusting to the room's acoustics and playing in a way that supports the overall music without overpowering others.

  • What has changed in church music setups over the years?

    The evolution of technology from traditional setups to electronic equipment and in-ear monitoring systems.

  • Why did he leave his first church?

    He left to play for other churches that offered paid positions.

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    did you want to go into the PTSD story
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    oh oh we can if it's appropriate we can
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    uh I
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    am hey worship drummer fam as you may
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    know this past month we've crossed over
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    100k Subs on our YouTube channel and to
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    commemorate the Milestone we've
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    partnered with our friends at Sweetwater
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    and we're going to be giving away an
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    amazing ride symbol to one blessed
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    winner so registration for that closes
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    February 28th so just click the link
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    register and who knows just maybe you'll
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    be the winner of an amazing ride
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    symbol I sort of got my start in church
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    and I'm I'm may have mentioned that
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    maybe in a past thing but uh I started
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    playing in church when I was 14 it was a
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    very Southern
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    Baptist um church that did hymns except
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    they had an orchestra and they had a
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    drum kit and they had all these
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    instruments um and so at the start there
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    was it was just a drum kit like in the
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    choir loft out in the open everything
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    was exposed it was loud blah blah blah
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    you know um and then eventually the
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    trend started to be these things came
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    out um and so they clear Sonic they got
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    those uh they basically got two of them
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    and surrounded me and they were like Ah
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    that's kind of doing something weird
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    it's like shooting up in of course it is
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    because it's reflecting yeah and so they
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    topped it off with the
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    um uh whatever material like that sound
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    paneling almost yeah sound paneling they
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    topped me off and then all at that time
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    this was this was the mid to late 90s
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    guys so this was different like you
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    didn't have in ears we had these Hot
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    Spot monitors yeah some of y'all know
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    what I'm talking about it had one dial
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    in the center you turned it up and I
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    turned all the way that's the only way I
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    could hear anything and obviously it's
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    so loud in there I'm not I don't have
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    any ear protection it's very hot
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    um and uh did that for a few
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    years then like you know what this isn't
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    cutting it so that's when Rolland V
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    drums came out so they got Rolland V
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    drums and did away with the Shields and
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    then I had uh so I played those for a
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    while and that was just terrible um cuz
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    you're playing like traditional church
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    music on an electronic drum kit just
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    doesn't really sound great you know just
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    as I am or you know it it is well as my
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    soul doesn't sound good on on rolling V
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    drums so then because my amplifier which
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    was like a keyboard amp I was turning it
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    up too loud and I was hitting the thing
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    so hard that you could hear the Rubber
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    and the plastic like all the way in the
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    balcony so then they brought out the
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    clear Sonic panels again with the
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    electronic drums and surrounded me
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    again and uh you know I'm in high school
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    you know you have emotions and hormones
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    are going on so it's it was a very like
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    ah I don't feel like I'm supposed to be
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    here nobody likes me I'm too loud all
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    those you know wo was me things right
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    um and
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    eventually I I made it through that and
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    then
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    um then at the time I was going into
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    college and there was a couple other
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    churches that actually hired me to play
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    for them so I selfishly left the church
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    I grew up in to go play for money um
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    which isn't bad like that's what you do
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    sometimes um but a lot of times it's a
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    strictly volunteer thing which is
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    incredible um so I left to do that and
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    then my uh the instrumental music
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    director at my former Church gives me a
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    call a couple years later said hey we
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    got real drums out we did away with the
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    thing like you know they got that out of
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    their
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    system um you come on back we want to
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    pay
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    you and I was like okay so so I came
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    back and it was great but the funny
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    thing is is like going through that
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    whole journey and being the guinea pig
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    uh which I'm sure some of you have have
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    felt that and been that um it's not like
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    a terrible thing to play behind the
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    glass but it is it it is uh it's a
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    psychological thing for someone like me
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    and um so going through all those
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    changes to come right back to what it
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    was before which mainly just means
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    playing dynamically and playing to the
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    room and not overpowering the band or
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    overpowering the uh choir if there's
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    still a choir or the the singers the the
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    congregation like um it really just all
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    boils down
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    to um and this room is got a lot of you
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    know it's obviously brick walls on the
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    side which isn't awesome but they got
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    all these little sound things carpet
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    seats you get bodies in here that soaks
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    up everything so and we're you know
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    we're not touring with the church
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    speakers we've got obviously these rigs
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    that we we brought out with us on this
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    Canada run
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    um but uh it's just playing of the room
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    and it is hard to do that though when
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    you've got in ears in obviously you
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    can't hear the room when you have in
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    ears in so it's a matter of like getting
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    to the place where you know based off of
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    how the drums are feeling to you in your
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    hands uh how hard you're playing you
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    know or like kind of I used to kind of
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    undo an ear like halfway so I could hear
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    what was what was going on make sure I'm
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    not like you know too loud for anybody
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    but you can't please everybody yeah and
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    the I guess the thing that I learned
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    from it is that I'm just a vessel within
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    the
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    thing and it was a good sort of um it
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    was a good exercise on getting my
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    attitude right you know cuz I wasn't I
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    wasn't in it for myself I wasn't trying
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    to just do my own thing anyway but when
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    you when you get used to it's been you
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    know 20 some odd years since I've had to
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    do this it's kind of like a wof you know
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    kind of throws you back there you know
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    but uh as you can see like Chris is 7
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    feet away from me um so it's just got to
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    you got to make it right sometimes um so
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    this church was gracious enough to let
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    us set this up today since I didn't left
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    my shy baffles at home awesome um but
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    anyway yeah so we it's it's fun because
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    this show is not it's not like
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    a we're basically playing what we play
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    in arenas in churches so we're not
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    dumbing down the the song Choices
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    dumbing down meaning like diminishing
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    you know Amplified levels and and uh
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    intensity yeah so you kind of
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    like it's it's hard to scale that back
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    when you're playing you've played these
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    songs a certain certain
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    way um so it's kind of nice to have a
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    little bit of a barrier to where I'm not
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    taking people's heads off so we'll see
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    we'll see what happens tonight but it's
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    going to be a good time
Tags
  • drumming
  • music journey
  • church music
  • sound management
  • giveaway
  • YouTube milestone
  • dynamics
  • musical evolution
  • emotional experience
  • performance