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10/30/2017 Watched a video with  Ron Miles (cornet), Jason Moran (piano), Bill Frisell (guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass), Brian Blade (drums) before practicing yesterday morning, […]

I woke up this morning recalling a dream I had in which I was at an event with John Cage. He was […]

I only got in the practice room for about 45-minutes this afternoon. But, a few lengthy and very useful conversations about meditation […]

Drumset Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – improv included the following: paradiddle rudiments between Rfoot and Lhand, reading a 6/8 rudimental snare solo with Rfoot and […]

Surface Drifts/4-mallets Warmup/Improvisation – chordal improvisation with swelling chords, alternating DV… somehow turned into an augmented “O Danny Boy” ?? I guess […]

Surface Drifts Warmup/Improvisation – started with a pentatonic (black key) improvisation, focusing on swelling chords played with alternating SI and DV strokes; […]

Sometimes a musicians work is not at the instrument! That has been so true this past month. I have been able to […]

I have been practicing in short bursts over the past week, but haven’t had the time to keep track of my activities […]

I took a few days off after the John Cage concert last Tuesday. It was definitely a much needed break, for many […]

I didn’t actually play any instrument this weekend, (and won’t much today or tomorrow) as I was working on final preparations for […]

Drumset Improvisation/Technique – in a somewhat disjunct improv, I played over a steady 8th note pulse in BD (prep for Rip Tide, etc.), […]

Drumset Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – thinking about good use, particularly in BD foot when playing multiple note, improvised beginning with a triple meter groove […]

4-mallets/Surface Drifts Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – worked through all stroke types, playing tonal melodic lines, and some more ‘free’ improvisation, ended with an ostinato […]

I think yesterday was the first work day that I was not able to practice at all. I had three major deadlines […]

4-mallets/Surface Drifts Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – started softly again today, with an improv that harnessed my inner Christopher Deane (reminiscent of his Etude for a […]

Surface Drifts Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – focus on use while playing soft dynamics this morning, free improvisation including SI, SA, DV strokes Mm. 1-39 […]

Snare Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – playing along with various tracks (in prep for upcoming gig), I improvised focusing on relaxed use, often forcing left-hand […]

Morning read: Of Poetry and Protest, Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin   Snare/Drumset Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – actually played on drumpad this morning, improvising […]

Morning read: Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the US 4-mallet/Surface Drifts Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – SI, SA, then DVs into opening chorale of Eric […]

Morning reading: Steven Schick’s Percussionists Art, Chapter re: To The Earth, by Zweski   2-mallets Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – through improvisation, worked on building […]