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All That Talk, Talk, Talk (About Technique)

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Being the over-analytical person I am, I love talking about technique. I love offering my knowledge and love learning more about the teeny-tiny technical details of being a percussionist, of being a musician. During such a conversation with a couple friends, one of them asked why I felt the need to talk in such detail about technique. He postulated (and I paraphrase): does having these conversations really matter when, ultimately, we just need to concentrate on … Read More

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Mind your manners, please

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On March 27, 2010, the Northern California Band Association (NCBA) held championships at Foothill High School in Pleasanton, CA. And I was pissed for much of the day. I always let my drumlines know that, at least for me, drumline isn’t just about drumming. It’s about class and responsibility, amongst other things. If a drumline has no class, if they act like rude, obnoxious idiots, I pretty much refuse to watch them. This falls in line … Read More

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