The man that invented the drum was definitely despised by his entire neighborhood.
“Hey guys, listen to me make a jarringly loud noise every hundredth of a second using this wooden stick and drum until I exhaust myself.”
Until somebody invented the guitar, he was drumming to the beat of his own tempo, which was totally abstract.
If there’s no melody, there’s no time constraint for the drummer. In an essence, he could drum total trash, and nobody would have anything to compare it to, so the first drummer was technically as good of a drummer as Rush’s John Bonham (RIP).
If my neighbor were the first drummer, he also would’ve been the last drummer. I wouldn’t be having any of that nonsense in my neighborhood, especially considering the lack of noise suppression available back then (people lived in huts and stuff, right? I don’t know—I’m not really a history buff…).
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
