My Musical Goals

I have been playing the drums since I was seven or eight. I am now seventeen and currently working towards my Trinity Guildhall grade 8, which I aim to take sometime between christmas 2012 and summer 2013. I am aiming to get a distinction. After this, I will do a diploma. Looking to the future, I aim to get in a good band - possibly a few, and do regular gigs at venues and pubs, or even become famous and play festivals. This is something that I would enjoy, and also get paid for, which would be amazing. I am also into recording myself play, and for this reason am into posting 'Drum covers' of my favourite songs on Youtube. I enjoy the whole process of making these: learning and perfecting the song, recording and mixing the drums, and filming it. I also like the fact that I can see my progress from looking at my past videos, and as I am a perfectionist, I am always looking at what I can improve about my drumming for future videos. I aim to become popular on Youtube by getting more views and subscribers, and to build up a catalogue of my drumming ability to have at hand - for example if I was auditioning for something. Other future ambitions are to get work playing in musicals, and also do session drumming/become a recording artist.