Oof, I haven’t even drafted anything for this blog in weeks, maybe longer… I’m sure that’s familiar to many of us – the old “put a project down for a little while” break that may or may not mean abandoning it entirely… That’s precisely what I’ve done here. I’m not entirely sure… Read More »An Unintended Hiatus
I’ve got something of a mantra: BOREDOM IS A MYTH. This doesn’t necessarily mean that people can’t be bored… Rather that they shouldn’t be. This also doesn’t mean that there’s no value in downtime, just relaxing, idle chat with friends, or an aimless wander through nature. No, I’m aimed at the… Read More »The Death of Boredom
OKAY – we’ve made it this far into a murky topic… A daunting subject to tackle, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. This is where we really have to start slogging through the weeds though, because there’s some terminology we might not all agree on, some… Read More »The Twofold Path – Part 3: The Groove
Welp, I haven’t written anything here in a while… And I’m not exactly sure why. The ideas come rolling through my head from time to time, but for some reason, it’s been tough to actually sit down and type them out – so, why not make a post about not… Read More »Time, Habit, and Self-Imposed Guilt
The “to do” list is long, right? Speed drills, independence, booking gigs, editing videos, adding photos to your website, fixing gear, replacing heads, learning songs… And even beyond Drum Land: Do the dishes, call your mother, pay the bills, fix that leak, follow up with a friend, fold the laundry,… Read More »What to Practice: The Paralysis of Too Many Options
“Life gets in the way” they say, when all that minutia and micromanagement pulls us away from projects or practice, when we fall short on our promises to get together with this musician, and learn that song, and take care of x or y… They tell kids to get the… Read More »Life Gets In The Way