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The 80/20 Rule for Playing Drums in a Band

Have you heard of the the 80/20 rule or the Pareto Principle? In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. He developed the principle after observing that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas. In everyday […]

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Best Source for Drum Play Along Songs – Around the Campfire

Technology allows us to do extraordinary things that we sometimes take for granted. For example, I’m writing this post on an iPhone while lying in a one person tent in the middle of the Icicle Creek Wilderness in Washington state USA. I am 6 miles from the nearest car and 15 miles from cell coverage […]

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Take a Deep Breath & Relax

We’ve had some fun with the recent posts about how to relax while playing the drum set. You saw a picture of my chipped teeth from playing drums in Relax…It’s Just a Drum Set! Scumbag Steve made a cameo appearance in I’ll Practice Drums on the Weekend! I wrote an Alaskan story about meeting jazz drumming great James […]

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My Left Foot – Hi-Hat Foot Technique

Before he won an Academy Award for playing U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, English actor Daniel Day-Lewis won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Christy Brown in the 1989 drama film, My Left Foot.  The movie tells the true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, a devastating physical condition that left Brown with […]

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Bass Drum Foot Technique – How My Feet Have Evolved

Feet. They get a bad rap from the general public. Nobody blames shoes for smelling; it’s always the feet’s fault. You never swear at your fingers when you stub them in the dark. When was the last time you washed your feet to get rid of germs? And what about that little toe? Do you […]

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