Hey my name is Dylan Cofini and I am 15 years old currently and the drummer for local Tampa rapper Connor Paycheck. I started playing drums when I was 5 when my parents got me my first cheap Toys R Us drum set. They said I was always tapping on stuff as a baby and thought drums were a great thing for me to do. I started taking lessons and immediately my drum teacher told my parents that there was something different about me and that I was different from the others. I was learning quickly and everything felt very natural for me.

 

Fast forward 2 years on my 7th birthday I was gifted with my first real drum set. I played them every day still taking lessons and I played so much my parents would have to tell me to stop. I never thought I would do drums as a career until 6th grade age 11 when I found the my first heavy metal band Cane Hill. It was something I’ve never heard before and I loved it. The vocals were powerful and dark and the drums were slow and heavy. I loved everything about it and told my dad I wanted to play like them. So I started watching concert videos from them and saw the crowd and how crazy they went and how fun the band was having and I knew thats what i had to do the rest of my life. After that I went to my first real concert which was Falling In Reverse and it changed my life. It made me want to pursue it even more. So thats what i did. I practiced endlessly and just wanted to get better. Today I can humbly say that I’m a very talented drummer and i am the drummer for Connor Paycheck and I love playing live shows and making crowds go crazy. This is only the beginning of my journey and im so glad collision has given me this opportunity.