Dedication
I recently watched the Travis Barker documentary “Louder than Fear”. For those that don’t know, Travis Barker is the drummer for Blink 182, and has since done many collaborations with other artists. I grew up on Blink, so was cool to see a bit more behind the scenes of his life. It was filmed over 9 years and went over everything from his childhood, to the plane crash he was in, up until now. What caught my attention though was his mastery to the craft. Now this eludes to my previous post of having a “why”. Travis’s why was his mom who passed at an early age. Through the documentary that held true, but it also showed other reasons for his drumming. What I couldn’t get over was his obsessive dedication to drumming. He would drum constantly wherever he was- working on beats. He drummed so much he even wore his hands to the bone. Literally. There’s a scene where ...