@Bjorn 6 July 2021

Don't Be Shy: Share Your Passion To the World

Two months ago I posted about an Indonesian guy who’s been doing drum covers of some of my favorite rock bands. The post was about people who have some attitude of disliking a YouTube video content without seeing the most out of it. Have a quick look here. https://read.cash/@Bjorn/life-is-too-short-to-spend-negativity-9e17263c *Do you think a drum cover of any type of music deserves a dislike when he uses DIY drums out of pales and metal sheets as cymbals? That fact that the cover was done perfectly, does it really deserve a dislike?*

**I am a music enthusiast.** I have had a rock band and I have been doing some gigs in our local area when I was just a youngster. So whenever I see videos like that on YouTube or in any other social media platform, I have my high appreciation for them. That is a real inborn talent.

**During my college years I was active as a rock star teenage kid.** We have had a band and named it “*Knights Templar*” and we cover songs mostly of noisy music like death metal and gothic metal. I was on lead vocals and guitars. I think being a music artist is not my passion because I did not pursue becoming one, although I can sing a song as high as Steelheart's lead vocalist **Miljenko Matijevic** with his famous song “*She’s Gone*”. https://steelheart.com/music/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICJs1CxCRt0 **I love playing drums too,** that's why I was so impressed by this YouTuber who was covering songs by **Metallica** and **Dream Theater**. *Sadly drums don’t like me (laughs).*

Speaking of drums and drummers, I will share another YouTube influencer who’s been posting videos about her drum experience. Yes, she is a female drummer artist. Her name is **Dorothea Taylor** https://www.youtube.com/user/dtdrummerlady/featured The first video I watched of her on YouTube was when she did a cover of Disturbed’s “*The Sickness*”.  She was playing for Drumeo as a promotional video for drum lessons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkhfL0pnMPQ https://www.drumeo.com/ *What really impressed me about her doing the cover was her skills as a drummer doesn’t seem to fit for her appearance. She is already a granny. Yes, this grandma kicks ass.* **I can’t believe my eyes but she was playing it cool as if she was just like eating peanuts.** I mean Disturbed is a real noise, heavy metal, aggressive voice of David Draiman, heavy drum rolls and lots of guitar riffs. She is not your typical grandma. *She played the cover perfectly until the end.* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Draiman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkCsnFRuwg **I was trying to find out about her on the internet to know exactly how old she is but I only found her on FB, IG and her YouTube channel.** I think she is in her early 60’s. After her astonishing performance of the cover she talks and shares a bit of inspiration. She said that she has been drumming her whole life. I think she was just 13 when she started playing drums in their school's drum and bugle corps.

**She was remarkable when she said:**  *“Drummers come in all ages, size, shape and regardless of how good you are, how old you are, we are all part of the drumming family. So don’t judge a drummer or anybody by their looks and always, always, always keep sharing your drumming passion to the world.”*

**I guess what she said was kind of applicable in general.** Just like writers here on this platform or outside this community. Some are young, old, students, parents. I think there are also members of LGBT writing for read.cash, it doesn’t matter. *We are all part of this writing family.* **Never judge anybody by their looks or underestimate someone because of his physical appearance.** We never know what he/she is capable of. Sometimes we judge so easily without knowing what or who we are judging.

**Whatever your passion is, be it a drummer, paint artist or writing, keep sharing it to the world as what Dorothea have said.** We never know of who the people we inspire of the passion we share. Even if we don’t get something out of it, more important is we inspire and motivate other people. So there it goes again, I hope you get inspired by this somehow.  What can you say about this granny? Share it in the comment and let’s exchange ideas.  Thanks for reading. Ciao!

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