Drum It With Brummet

  adren·aline 1. a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands when a person is frightened, angry, or excited that increases rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and prepares the body to react to danger. "Performing live really gets your adrenaline going" Adrenaline Awareness Adrenaline can affect your dynamics, tempo and endurance when playing drums more than you think and being in control of it can ensure your reputation as a tasty drummer. Simply being aware of what triggers your own adrenaline surges can help with the controlling of it. I try to check in on myself continuously to ensure my personal triggers are not rushing the tempos. When playing drums adrenaline rushes can be brought on by a few different things: Nervousness - If you are at all nervous before or while performing this will have an effect on your inner clock, making you perceive tempos differently. We tend to rush beginnings and fills when nervous and it can ruin the groove and...