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No to Excuses, Yes to Dreams: A Drumming Charity Milestone
Say No to Excuses, Yes to Dreams: A Drumming Charity Milestone With great joy, I’m writing about one of the most important achievements of my life so far: the successful completion of my first independent donation project to fund the purchase of electronic drums. Only the final step remains — the handover to Primary School Stranje — and then we’ll…
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Turning an Idea into a Drumming Charity Project
From a Handbook to a Charity Project: Making Drumming Accessible Over the past few months, I’ve heard and experienced more than enough excuses related to playing the drums. Some of them are understandable — especially when it comes to people who simply want to try the instrument once in their life. For everyone else, however, there really are no excuses.…
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When Music Becomes Therapy
Music as Medicine: Learning, Healing, and the Power of Rhythm Back in October, I wrote about a student who stands out due to her age — or, more accurately, her life experience. What also sets her apart is the fact that she lives with Parkinson’s disease. But that’s not the whole story. When she first called me a little over…
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One Year of Growth: Challenges, Progress and Opportunities
One Year of Growth: Challenges, Progress, and New Opportunities From a basement rehearsal space to bigger stages and the status of a professional instrumentalist. A story many musicians can relate to — though still a rare one within a genre that, in this environment, is often seen as purely amateur or hobby-based. Nearly a year has passed since an article…
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Why the Inner Game Matters in Music
The Inner Game of Music: Mindset, Focus, and Creative Freedom The inner game of music. I’ve never been much of a book lover, but there are a few exceptions I gladly recommend. One of them is The Inner Game of Music by Tim Gallwey, co-authored with Barry Green. Although I read the book quite some time ago, it still feels…
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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 a real challenge. After the…
