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How to be a REAL World Percussionist: Part One

May 17, 2010

Today I guest post on MusicianWages. Thanks to Cameron Mizell for bringing me aboard THE website for working musicians. Read “How to be a REAL World Percussionist: Part One” and then be sure to stay check out the rest of their site’s fantastic articles! —– PowersPercussion.com

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Tuning and Calibration: for music and life

April 25, 2010

Read (even if you aren’t a musician) and retweet! It was a Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis. Charlie Waymire and I were in a studio at college, tuning up his monster double-bass drumset for his band’s recording session later that day. Or maybe should I say trying to tune his drumset. Taking turns wielding the drumkey [...]

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One helluva butt whoopin’

March 28, 2010

There’s nothing like stacking yourself up next to a heavyweight to remind you where you’re at on the totem pole! Over the years, I have had several opportunities to study and/or make music with some of the world’s best musicians. In many of those interactions, I have met the challenge and performed quite well, if [...]

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Got any good gig stories?

February 12, 2010

One of my drum students asked me that simple question today. I believe that my response was something along the lines of, “oh, yeah . . . most of the most fun, hilarious, weird experiences that I’ve ever had have been out playing somewhere with a band.” The truth of the matter is, many of [...]

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