Sunday, September 12, 2010

Thomas Rocks the House

So GramaLee bought Rockband (Lego and Beatles) for us last Christmas. Thomas was soon playing every song on the expert level on the drums. And then he started taking all the toy drums, buckets, and anything else that could reverberate into his room to set up his own personal drum kit. Finally Tom looked around for a drum teacher so Thomas could both go up and down a level by learning how to drum properly. He is a stickler for form and all the things you can't really learn by yourself. Thomas seems to like it enough to go back to hitting "8 rights and 8 lefts" to just get the sticks to bounce back the right height.
We found a drum set on craigslist that really appealed to Thomas for the variety of drums and cymbals, and I took this video right after we did our best to assemble it in the wine cellar. Which I now realize has duct work that goes right up to the dining room...

9 comments:

LisAway said...

Oh MY GOODNESS! As in how GOOD is HE!!!! How awesome for him to have a new outlet for his talents. That is excellent. I'm so impressed. So are all the kids. We just watch it twice. And I love the interchange before he starts playing. :)

The wine cellar seems like the perfect place with all that noise absorbing wood in it. I'm sorry about the dining room. . .

gramalee said...

Move over Ringo! But Thomas is so much more handsome! And that smile! Love it, love it, LOVE IT!

Brian said...

The next time we come up to Princeton, I'm bringing my guitar, effects board, and amp. And we are going to rock in a righteous way.

Emily said...

What a little rock star! He's awesome. He has grown up a lot since we've seen him too. We miss you guys!

esther said...

Thomas sounds awesome! How long has he been taking lessons?

Tom Draper said...

I think Thomas had 4-5 lessons at this point. But he drums ALL the time. At least he is a motivated student.

Angela Draper said...

Thomas - that sounds so awesome! How amazingly fun that you have a drum set now. Keep on rockin'!

holly b said...

that is awesome! my little bro did percussion and the lucky dude got a Ziljian set. (he was in high school then) as I heard Thomas get going I was waaay impressed. he's got a talent for sure! how fun is that.

and you have a wine cellar?? I really wish I could wiggle my nose and appear in your living room for a house tour and evening chat. sigh....

Anne said...

Awesome! We just sold our little one! He sounds really good!!!!