My new book, Building Grooves, contains in the introduction an address to a website which features video of me playing through every exercise in the book. Today I had my first video recording session at the Epic Realm Ranch to start creating the content. Working with Alex was a joy and a pleasure, and we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'life of a percussionist'
End Of One Year, Start Of Another!
January 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · life of a percussionist
Christina posted a blog showing the rampant destruction that goes on around Summerglen at Christmas time, so I thought I’d give a shot of how some of that gets used! Here’s a view of the pit at the Durham Christmas Pageant in Page Auditorium at Duke. This is actually a little bit smaller than my [...]
Tags: day in the life·gigs·goals
My Kinko’s Moment
December 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · life of a percussionist
I’ve heard other composers talk about the joys of printing music at Kinko’s, and I finally had my moment! I feel like I’ve become a real boy!
So, here’s the story. I finished up a piece I’ve been working on, finally got it tweaked just right and laid out in Finale so it’s readable, and I [...]
Tags: day in the life·Finale·living·release
Giving Thanks with some music…
November 14th, 2009 · No Comments · life of a percussionist
Thanksgiving is a big time here at Summerlgen. We try to live out lives with gratitude for all we have been given. After all, how many people get to make music for a living?
So, to thank all the students, fans and followers for all your support through the years, here’s my Thanksgiving gift to you: [...]
Tags: announcements·free
Weekly wrap-Up
November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · life of a percussionist
Well, it’s been a busy week here at Summerglen/RhythmArt…
My drumset method book is almost done, I’m just doing some final tweaking/editing stuff before I send it off to the printers. One thing that I’ve resolved to do before sending it is to play through every exercise in the book to make sure they work. That’s [...]
