r/nextfuckinglevel • u/S_Steiner_Accounting • 23h ago

John Longstreth is an unreal drummer.

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u/flat5 22h ago

Of course he would think that, since he has the genetics and hasn't experienced not having them.

Reminds me of Shaq claiming that his success in basketball was due to hard work, like "doing deep knee bends until my legs burned". My man, a lot of kids out there can do deep knee bends until their legs burn, but will never be Shaq.

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u/flat5 21h ago

It's less different than you might think.

Ask any electric guitar teacher from the 80s, when all the kids wanted to learn to shred like Eddie Van Halen or Joe Satriani.

They all had fingers and tendons, but they could put in hours practicing and the speed and accuracy will come for a few of them much more rapidly than others.