Back In The Saddle Again

So, it’s been a few months since I last posted. It’s not that I’ve been slacking off on my blogging, it’s that I haven’t been playing drums due to a shoulder injury. I ended up with what my doctor told me was bursitis in the shoulder and had to rest it as well as get a cortisone shot to clear it up. Thankfully, I’m now back to playing and I’ve started stretching out for 5 minutes or so before I sit down to play so I avoid reinjuring my shoulder. It’s also important to not overdue things which I think is what caused the problem to begin with (3 hours of Enter Sandman when I wasn’t used to drumming was a recipe for disaster). Anyhow, I’ll be back to updating the blog with my progress regularly now. I had to sort of relearn some stuff but was happy to see I had retained the general skills I had developed. I’ve got Back In Black, Enter Sandman, and My Friend Of Misery down and will be jumping into the rest of Metallica’s Black Album starting with Don’t Tread On Me. I’ll also of course be getting back to working on more exercises from Michael Michalkow’s Drumming System (by the way, if you want to read my review of this drumming system, you can check it out here).