You Can't Play the Drums Half-Heartedly

It's one thing to know what you're SUPPOSED to play, it's another thing to stand up there and play it. And even if you have the rhythm down, who's to say that the person next to you does? Playing in unison is going to be the most challanging thing for this seminar, I think.
Then again, you can't play the drums half-heartedly. If you really don't want to play, the sound won't be right and the audiance will be able to tell that you have no interest in playing. So you need to stand up there and HIT the drum, not tap it.

I found it easier to watch the hands of the people playing with me and timing my strikes with theirs. That helped me stay in unison. Counting in a slight whisper helped me stay on time and not speed up...which I think is another difficulty.

But on a whole it was exciting.