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About Me

And here's my fav cause of the year :-) Sign the petition for an ATAXIA reunion!!Now that 2008 has finally come and settled in it's time to get the music moving. A few changes, minor, but exciting: I've added another instrument wanted to master: guitar! Tuner at the ready, sticks poised, just as well I don't any neighbours near by ;-) More on the blog, when it happens!!This year(2007) is all about new projects: I've finally given in to the music in my blood: I've started to learn playing the drums! My goal: to play the drums to "My Sharona" by the end of the year. Too high or not ambitious enough? Comments and advice invited. Constructive preferred! Also, learn composing and get my music out of my head into the world! Please, no comments until it's out there ;-) About my Space: it's like an audio-visual diary/scrapbook. The music I grew up with and the music I'm discovering through my friends. Bits that amazed, inspired or amused me. All to be viewed and judged with an open mind :-)

My Interests

Apart from my two little kids and my drum kit, I love to dance, cook and photograph. I'd love to travel more, but hey, time and money not permitting at the moment. Speaking of time permitting, I want to get my motorcycle license and cruise on hubby's Suzuki Katana 1000 !! And not as a passenger! But that's on a back burner: drumming is definitely more important.

I'd like to meet:

All the great drummers of the world! Also, people with a great and/or interesting sense of humour ;-) And here are some of my favourite drummers, in no particular order or preference, they just rock: Gene Krupa and the Benny Goodman big band: Sing, Sing, Sing

Ian Paice and Chad Smith

WOW: Amanojaku DVD

An explosive Keith Moon: The Who - My Generation - Smothers Bros. - 1967

NOT READY TO MAKE NICE

Chad Smith and Glenn Hughes - This House

Rodney Holmes at MD 2005

Daniel Adair

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Music:

Where to start and stop?! My favourites at the moment: Led Zeppelin, Queen,Deep Purple, RHCP and anything new that happens to have a hip-dislocating rhythm to it!!
John Frusciante - The Past Recedes

Movies:

I just love the movies by Hayao Miyasaki: Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle, Kikis Delivery Service, ...

Books:

Fantasy, crime, can't wait for the last Harry Potter. On the same token I enjoy reading autobiographies, poetry and my mags, e.g. "Modern Drummer, National Geographic"

My Blog

End of year is nigh!

This will be most probably my last entry of the year, the way it has been racing!!So much and so little has happened, the biggest I suppose was my birthday ;-) I am now the proud owner of a gorgeous I...
Posted by petra on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:41:00 PST

Time flies!!

Well, here I am again, and still freezing So what has happened in the the last weeks: the Wellington Film Festival was on and I managed to see 6 movies in two days. Bloody awesome experience, blood sh...
Posted by petra on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

And another one!

Here's another update: winter has finally arrived and every morning we've got frost everywhere now! Getting the firewood is turning into quite a routine job! Well, saw Achilles Botes, Shaun K Anderson...
Posted by petra on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:15:00 PST

live music!

Hi, morning everyone, it's been a week now since i saw Fur Patrol in Wellington. NIIIIICE! Could bite myself for not having stayed longer and talked to them, but being a basically shy person, in a new...
Posted by petra on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:48:00 PST

Red Hot Chili Peppers in Auckland, NZ

Well, how to put into words how I'm feeling now that I've finally seen them live?! It was an amazing experience. A big Thank You for having come to New Zealand :-) I was lucky to stay in the second ro...
Posted by petra on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST

Update

Well, an update on my "progress", more for myself than anyone in particular: had the second lesson, yes, it's baby steps I'm taking, and practice goes soo much better now. Rearranged a few bits and pi...
Posted by petra on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

First blog

This is it: finally decided to get to the computer and write a bit about myself and where I'm at regarding my drumming. Kids are sleeping, cat and dog outside and arms are sore from yesterdays air-dru...
Posted by petra on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:51:00 PST

My Old School Pearl Export kit

And one more entry, if you look at my pics, you'll find one with my boy have a go on the drums. They're second hand, bought 2nd hand, etc. I was told they are "old school pearl export", but they haven...
Posted by petra on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:09:00 PST