Our drummers answer your most pressing questions

What does the drum kit have that other instruments don't?

Francesco Gasparini: You can blow off steam so beautifully when drumming!

Alexis Amitirigala: The drum is the ancestral mother of all instruments. Means of communication. Dance engine. Punching bag. Ritalin. Ritual tool. Sanatorium. Zen monastery. Place of rest.

Zeno D'Aulerio: Drums in general awaken primal forces that lurk deep inside you, which only come to light just by playing this instrument.

Matthias Kräutli: It just looks damn cool!

Maxime Paratte: You can also play the frustration from the body nice.

Peter Haas: A bunch of parts!

Peter Haas - Drumsolo

How did you learn to play drums?

Seraphim von Werra: I have wished me as a three-year-old toddler a drum kit from my parents and this, to the amazement of all relatives, get on my fourth birthday. Since that day, the instrument accompanies me through life.

Alexis Amitirigala: First on pillows to Elvis' "Live in Memphis", then on paint pots to Stryper's "Soldiers Under Command". Before my first concert, I had a week to get used to a real drum set. Training as a marching drummer probably helped.

Francesco Gasparini: I saw on TV as a twelve-year-old that drummers somehow hold their arms crossed, and so I banged on my knees to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes. After a short detergent drum and pan phase, I was then allowed to buy a second-hand set and did not leave the basement on the first day until I had the song on it.

Siro Müller: When I was five, I made my own drum kit with my mother's cooking pans. At some point, my parents could no longer stand it and bought me a real drum set. I took lessons and played from the beginning in bands.

Chrigel Bosshard:  I started on a so-called kitchen set. Clean out the whole kitchen cabinet, arrange all the pots and pans nicely, take the Güselkübel to it as a bass drum - AND not to forget: the bell on my tricycle. And then take two chopsticks and go!

Matthias Kräutli - Drumsolo

What personal characteristic has helped you the most while practicing?

Francesco Gasparini: Perseverance and the fact that I played in a band practically from the first day. So I always knew what I was practicing for.

Alexis Amitirigala: Having fun and always "Gring abe und dure".

Matthias Kräutli: Being open to all styles.

Maxime Paratte: Having goals and dreams in mind. Those often gave me the necessary drive.

Chrigel Bosshard: My perseverance and discipline.

Siro Müller: Uncompromising

Zeno D'Aulerio: The creativity. It allows me to interpret and play exercises and playing styles differently all the time, so that practicing rarely gets boring.

Peter Haas: Persistence and perseverance!

Alexis "Singha Dee" Amitirigala with Dee Day Dub

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