https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/tags_en/personal/ Recent content in Personal on bertiqwerty Hugo en (c) 2026 Behrang Shafei, Impressum, Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:42:41 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/starting-drums/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:42:41 +0200 https://www.bertiqwerty.com/en/posts/starting-drums/ <p>In this somewhat personal article, I describe my thoughts and experiences as someone who started playing drums at the age of 39 and otherwise has very little musical experience.</p> <p><em>The <a href="https://www.bertiqwerty.com/posts/starting-drums/">original text</a> of this post was created by my human intelligence in German. The translation was a collaboration between man and machine. The man was me and the machine was Google Translate.</em></p> <h2 id="what-has-happened-so-far">What has happened so far</h2> <p>Before his 7th birthday, I asked my then-noisy child if he would like to learn drums and would forgo other birthday presents in return. Surprisingly, the child was very happy to oblige.</p>