Play as You Are cover art

Play as You Are

A Collection of Essays - Picking a Drummer's Mind

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Play as You Are

By: Georg Beck
Narrated by: Georg Beck
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £6.99

Buy Now for £6.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

Play as You Are is an invitation to take a break from watching the YouTube drummer contests and reading the "get better fast" drumming websites, and direct the attention back to yourself for a moment.

Making music and playing drums does not start at the tip of your drumstick, not even with the motion before you strike a drum. It really starts with the desire, actually with the compulsion, to make music and to play. Play as You Are is an open invitation to explore a different approach to playing music and a sharing of the author's experiences.

©2015 Georg Beck (P)2015 Georg Beck Instruction & Technique Music Guitar

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Finding Bagpipe Freedom cover art
The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar cover art
Essential Trumpet Lessons, Book One: Get Started cover art
The Creative Formula cover art
Sing Better Now! cover art
Write a New Song cover art
Singing for the Self-Conscious cover art
Speaking for Ourselves cover art
You Are the Rock Star cover art
Music Practice cover art
Turn Your Pain into Art cover art
Processing Creativity cover art
Good Things Happen Slowly cover art
My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire cover art
Strange Beautiful Music cover art
So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star cover art
All stars
Most relevant
loved this audio book. I think all drummers will have experienced mental blocks in their progress. George strips it down and explains with total honesty, humour and clarity the mental reasons and ways to overcome them. since listening I have changed my practice sessions and have seen a big improvement. although aimed at drummers I think George's insight would benefit all musicians.

Great insight into the physiology of drumming

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In my mind it was a little short, I would gladly have continued listen either with more content or deepening of the subjects already on the the book.

A,lot of good thoughts.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.