Traveling Drummer Realizations: 3 Things I Learned In Two Weeks With No DrummingAfter traveling around a good chunk of the southeastern US, I sat down at my drum kit earlier this week for the first time in what must...
The Value of Not Being Self-Taught - Why It Took Me Years To Embrace Taking Drum LessonsI've been into drumming and percussion for as long as I can remember. My siblings would compare me to Animal from the Muppets since I...
Finding "That Woo" - Maturing As A MusicianListening through recordings of my drumming from 5+ years ago, I sometimes feel a little pang like, "I don't know if I can still write...
Running and Drumming as MeditationUntil you've tried it, meditation can seem a little out there. I had never given it much thought before I was editing for the Learning...
Change Your Drum Heads!I've been playing on my current drum kit for 10 years now. In that time, I've broken more drum sticks than I care to remember, worn out...
Approaching Muscle Tension and Some of The Best Advice I've Ever GottenI've been thinking about writing this post for a couple weeks now and trying to make sure that I construct it the way that I want to,...