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I am currently going through the components that can help someone to become a professional musician. In the last post I covered the playing part, meaning that most working musicians have to practice their instrument for long hours to get the skills they need. It is now time toRead More

What is a musician? What are the necessary components to navigate the modern music industry? What tools do they need? What education? What quality? This blog will look in depth at this topic. Ok, enough with the intro. Let’s get into it. I’ll try to go first with theRead More

So far, we talked about being a musician and how people say it’s not a good idea. All these talks that surrounds the budding pro musician are called interference. But the interference are just that: interference. It is not the truth. Not at all. Music is what you want it toRead More

You have to keep your cool. When the problems come, when they are over your head, when you are submerged: you have to keep your cool. This concept is essential when you run a small business such as being a professional musician. Let’s take an example. Let’s takeRead More

It is important to read books if you are a professional musician. I’m not talking about drum methods or books about music. I’m talking about all sorts of books: novels, biography, history, etc… whatever tickles your fancy. It’s good for your brain. When we sit down and areRead More

Hal Blaine just passed away. For the ones who don’t know him, he was a legendary studio drummer who contributed to Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” in the 60’s and 70’s. He played on 35,000 sessions, 6,000 singles and will be remembered for many songs we all heard, but particularlyRead More

If anyone has seen me in the last 2 years, they know that I do some woodwork. It doesn’t mean I am good at it. It means that I am very happy when two pieces of wood that I shaped actually fit together. That’s my claim to fame in wood work. I like the patience itRead More

I teach many different patterns in drumming. Some are fairly straight forward and involve three limbs. Some are much more intricate and ask for odd combinations. I’ll name those odd combos: something on the right side of your body falling exactly at the same time asRead More

We are now firmly planted into a technological world. For better or worse. Better because we each have at least 50 friends on Facebook. Worse because we are more and more lonely. Talking to someone that holds a phone has become a challenge. There will be a moment when the PhoneRead More