Do drummers dream of electronic drums?

[rhythmaning]

I had two most strange dreams last night.

In the first, I was playing an electronic drum kit; in four different environments or setting. (It may have been four different dreams – in which case, my psyche’s insistence on making me play electronic drums is fascinating.) I played the electronic drums in a big band, a small band, practicing in a café, and stretched out on the floor.

I have never played electronic drums. This really is bizarre. I have however worked out what the prompt may have been: back in December, I did look at the prices of electronic drum kits, including looking at them on Amazon. Yesterday, on my laptop, I typed the Amazon URL and I was offered the URL for the search I had done in December (the last time I went to Amazon on my laptop). But I didn’t even look at the page. Quite strange.

I do sometimes dream about playing drums - an activity that is deeply rooted in my being. But this was different: perhaps my psyche feels the need to keep up with technological advances.

Surprisingly, I went back into a sound sleep, and I had another dream. More adventurous: - an urban chase. Someone else (no idea who - they were male) and I were searching for something - looking for clues. I was in a Japanese public loo, leaping over the barrier to search. (It was a dream; it is allowed to be weird). The hand-dryers had tv monitors in them.

Then I was in a bar or cafe. I needed to plug my laptop in, and I had to hide under a table to do so. Someone whispered in my ear, "Golden Maiden" or maybe "midden". I didn't know what it meant. I tried to text my accomplice, but I couldn't in the bar: it wasn't safe, people were looking for us.

Then we were on the set of movie, on a wooded hillside, beside a road. It was snowing; real snow. They were also polystyrene pieces - fake movie snow. Brian Blessed ran down the hillside, away from us, covered in snow - completely white. (I have no idea how I knew it was Brian Blessed.)

My mobile rang. I listened to a news report from Washington. "Golden Maiden" was a company which had gone bankrupt.

And then I woke up.