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Loud Rising Stars
First Performance of Our Young, Loud Rising Stars On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, together with my students, we successfully pulled off a performance at a large school event at Primary School Škofja Loka–Mesto (Slovenia), held in front of their parents and peers. Behind the scenes: At the very beginning of our small drumming community, things were occasionally quite chaotic. All…
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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…
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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 the other hand, being part…
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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 far that “obsession” went: even…
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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 time into a long, flowing…
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Challenging beginnings
Every Beginning Is a Challenge Every beginning is a challenge. I’d like to thank the organisers of CMC Črnuče for the invitation and their help with my very first workshop. Even though the turnout was modest — and despite the fact that someone even tried (luckily without success) to lure participants away to outdoor activities just before we started —…
