Love that drummer!

Richard Simpkin  |  Features  |  Music
Date posted:  1 Jul 2012
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I’ve had a go when no one was looking, but I can’t play the drums.

I have no rhythm and no co-ordination between my feet and arms, which may seem strange as I was trained as an organist. Hmmm, maybe I’m not a very good organist either, but everyone’s been too nice to tell me.

If you hate drums, don’t read on!

I’m not going to go into all the arguments about why we should or shouldn’t have drums in church. This won’t be a theological defence or prosecution dealing with whether drums are evil because of their origins or vital for the Spirit to be able to work. That’s for another day. Suffice to say that if you really hate drums, please don’t read on — it’ll save me having to answer all the mail.

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