Category: music
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The Contradiction of Creativity: Why We Struggle to Show Up for Our Music
Ever notice how, despite loving music deeply, you sometimes avoid it? You want to write that song, practice that technique, or record that track (or those five tracks that I have stacked up to knock out), but instead, you scroll, procrastinate, or convince yourself that now isn’t quite the right time? My wife and I…
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On Formlessness, Reinvention, and Identity
This one isn’t for everyone. Well, who am I kidding? None of the concepts we talk about here are for everyone. But this one, in particular, is one that I know some musicians disagree with me on. Some players really love being a specialist, deeply immersed in one style of music. Or playing only with…
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Antonio Sanchez on the “Why” and “When” of Using Your Superpowers
Allow me to introduce superstar drummer Antonio Sanchez and a few of his thoughts on “technique,” pulled from an interview he did on the Drummer’s Resource podcast. Even if you’ve never heard of Sanchez, you’ve almost definitely heard him. From his solo jazz percussion composition work for the film Birdman to his mind-blowing performances and recordings with Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Gary…
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A Lesson From The Inaudible Sound Of The Invisible Sun
The Inaudible Sound of the Invisible Sun. I sure learned a lot from that guy. “That… GUY?” you ask. Yep, that what he’s called––by some, anyway. Ra Kalam (which can be translated into “the inaudible sound of the invisible sun”) is a moniker that was once given to legendary drummer, Bob Moses, by a spiritual…