This is a short little blog my bro wrote on myspace & his observations. I thought it applied to this forum.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Little drummer boy..

I was very annoyed starting early this summer because apparently a kid of my neighbors decided to take up the drums. The drums were very loud and started thumping at odd and inconvenient hours. As said, I was annoyed and figured it was probably just a phase, like when I tried to learn the guitar. I actually heard one of my other neighbors try to combat the noise with a juvenile attempt of out-sounding the drums with a morning talk show. Clearly not a good tactic, twice as much noise was created.

So coming back from traveling and being on sabbatical I was surprised to still hear the drums. I figured the phase would have passed by now.

Then one early morning I heard the drumming again. This time it was different or maybe I just listened a little closer. It wasn't just drumming but also humming and a bit of screeching. The little drummer neighbor is autistic. I knew this instantly. The drums are therapy. After weeks of hearing him not getting better at percussion but instead repeating the same thumps... I understood.

So yet another lesson has been learned. If a kid is drumming.. it's not always noise.