After lunch, I got to watch the boys rehearse some more till it was nightfall and currently Roger was giving me that drum lesson that he promised. Ohhh I can't believe I get to say that I got to have a drum lesson with the Roger Taylor of Queen.
"Okay so when it comes to playing Keep yourself alive, you always must keep hitting the bass drum in order to keep the tempo. The drum is like the heartbeat of the band. If it's all out of sync, then we just sound like rubbish."
"Okay so when it comes to the first opening note, I can go either cowbell tempo or the high toms?"
"Yes I mostly prefer to use the high toms as the main intro but once you commit to one thing, you gotta follow through with it." I nodded.
"Now when it comes to playing Now I'm here, do you just find yourself going crazy cause I've tried to play it and all I end up doing is act like I'm having a seizure."
"Yeah it can get easy to just let it all go, and sometimes I find myself doing that for the intro. But the way I remember is just go from high to low on the drum kit. The cymbals, to the high and middle toms down to the low toms. But mainly keep the rock out on the middle and high toms."
"Okay."
"Okay let's see what you got. Start with the double cymbal. I'll lead you in." I nodded and twirled his drumstick around. He then began singing Freddie's part and I nodded to the tempo of the song as I could hear it in me head. When he got midway through the intro at the "Now I'm here/there." I slammed the cymbal twice before catching it so that the sound would go silent.
Then when Roger sang the "I'm just a" line right before the rock out came on, I did as he said. I went from high to low on the drum kit as Roger kept singing. Once that was done, I caught the cymbals so that they ceased their ringing and Roger clapped.
"Phenomenal lovie, you are truly the best drummer I've seen."
"Thanks Rog. I couldn't have done it without all your teachings."
"Well with the speed you're going you won't need my teachings for very long."
"Oh my word. Never did I think I'd live to see the day when Roger admits that someone is better than him at the drums." We looked up and Deacy soon came in but it wasn't him that spoke out, it was the woman next to him.
She had long, dark brown hair and a beautiful face even without makeup on. In her arms she held a tiny baby boy and judging by the way Deacy had his arm around her, this had to be Veronica.
"Ronnie, so good to see you. Still seeing your husband's painted me to be a dick."
"Hey now no swearing in front of the baby Roger." She warned him.
"Right, right sorry Robert bubbies." Roger cooed down towards Robert and he lightly began tickling his tummy which made him coo and laugh. I couldn't help but smile at the adorable sight and that's when Veronica turned towards me and asked.
"And who's this talented young lady?"
"Veronica love, this is (y/n). (Y/n) this is my wife Veronica." John introduced us as he went ahead and took Robert off her hands for a bit. Veronica held out her hand and I shook it.
"Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." We both greeted each other with a soft smile. God she was beautiful, just like the pictures I've seen of her. Sure she was older in the pics because like her husband, she preferred to stay out of the limelight but she still supported her husband through and through. Which is why in the real world, they are my OTP.
"So how did you meet my husband and his friends?" she asked me.
"Well I first ran into Roger the other night." I explained.
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