The Official Blog of Dann Stockton

Hello you.

Thanks for coming to check my blog out! It’s been a while, and since I have nothing else to do at this moment, I decided that it’d be a good time for an update.

A lot has changed with the band. Juli and Aubrea both quit, so it’s just Reid, Tifah and me. Although change is hard, I think it’s for the best, and I wish Aubrea and Juli the best.

We’re planning on going on tour again in 2 weeks, leaving the 28th of June and getting back mid July. I couldn’t be more excited about it. It will be interesting to see how the three of us do on the road together. I am hopeful and expectant of it being an absolute blast.

I read a letter yesterday that I’d written 10 years ago in February. My dad made me write it as a way for me to look back on my childhood and see where I was. I was 14, and I was concerned about the funniest things. I said something like “I’m not sure what I want to do for a living, but I really like drums, music, magic and computers.” hahahahah. Nothing much has changed. I went on to say, “Although I would most like to play the drums for a living, if I choose that I will not make very much money. I think I would like to make a lot of money in computers, like my older brother.” Haha. 10 years later, and here I am, playing drums for a living. Who’da thunk?

This brings me to my next point! I’ve been lying to everyone! I told people that I’ve only been playing drums for 7 years, which is untrue. I got them for my 14th birthday which makes it 10 years (minus 1.5 years when I lived in L.A., so I don’t count that) so a total of 9 years! Wow! I can’t believe it. I remember meeting a guy named Dann Burd when I first started playing, and I asked him how long he had played drums, and it was 9 years, and I thought he was so incredibly good, and that man, I can’t wait until I’ve been playing 9 years so I can be as good as him. I always held playing the drums for that long in my head to be somewhat of a benchmark.

I think I’m pretty good at playing drums, although I thought I had a couple more years until the magic ’9 years’ mark. So I guess I probably slacked off a little bit, and didn’t work as hard as I could have at times, but all in all, I think my parents buying me that first drum kit was a great thing, and I am so thankful that they did. So many things would be so drastically different had I not been playing drums this long.

I’ve noticed that when I actually make a big commitment to do something or master something or learn a new skill, as soon as I fully invest myself, there’s almost nothing that I can’t eventually figure out. I really like this about myself, and I wonder sometimes if that’s where some people fail. I think, in general, it’s a lack of commitment to whatever it is they want, and an unwillingness to pay the price to get it (time, money, sweat, etc) It’s usually pretty frustrating at first, and a lot of hard work goes into learning something new, but I’ve found if I’ve made the decision beforehand, I will eventually get it done and either be on to the next thing or use my newfound skill to better myself or benefit in some way from it.

I think that’s all the thoughts I have for today. Hopefully I won’t go as long as I did until I update again. Exciting new things are on the horizon, and I am stoked.