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Inspiring the Next Generation, One Beat at a Time
Two Days, Two Presentations, One Shared Inspiration Two days, two presentations. When I wrote some time ago about the experience of teaching just one child, I had no idea what still lay ahead of me. After my experience in September, I expected that sparking interest in such a loud instrument among younger audiences would be…
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Drumming at Any Age
Drumming Through Every Stage of Life Drumming through every stage of life. As the late legend Lemmy Kilmister once said: “If you think you are too old to rock ’n’ roll, then you are.” That quote often comes to mind when I hear people my age saying they’re too old for this or that. On…
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Routine
The Power of Routine in Learning and Creating Last week, my focus was on the lifestyle and mindset of drumming. This week, my thoughts turn to something that has been with me since childhood — routine. Before I ever picked up the drums, most of my energy and hyperactivity went into basketball. I remember how…
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To Drummers
A Way of Living and Thinking A way of living and thinking. A few days ago, after quite a long time, I reconnected with a fellow drummer from the coast. Years ago, we shared the same “school benches” at the Rock Academy in Ljubljana (Slovenia). What are usually short phone calls or emails turned this…
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Brainstorming
Between Calm and a Creative Storm The calm before the storm. September has already completely — or at least additionally — filled the schedules of many young people and adults alike. For me, however, it still represents a calm before the storm. Even though calls for various opportunities and activities have (fortunately) been coming in…
