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My 7 Links

July 19, 2011

My good friend Matt Koenig, from 1YearSabbatical, apparently nominated me yesterday to take part in the 7 Links Project, which is the brainchild of Katie over at TripBase. As she describes it, the goal is to “create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.” [...]

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Tri’ing To Overcome A Fear

June 21, 2011

Sometimes it’s quite acceptable to let time pass and allow yourself to be comfortable for a little while. There’s nothing wrong with kicking back a bit and enjoying where you’re at, appreciating how far you’ve come, and not beating yourself up about constantly striving to reach new goals and milestones. I have to remind myself [...]

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Are You The Lion? Or The Gazelle?

June 17, 2011

A student came into his lesson last week wearing a shirt from his school’s track team. The back of it read: In case your browser has difficulty displaying the image, I’ve included it below. No problems viewing? Read it again anyway . . . Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it [...]

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I’m Rebranding and Need YOUR Help!

June 2, 2011

I’ve officially been blogging for a year and a half now [insert confetti and noisemakers here!] and the time has come to make some changes. I’m currently working on rebranding PowersPercussion.com, and I would love your help. Scratch that- I need it! This guy has zero design-sense. I can seriously use all of the help [...]

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On Trust. And Never Ever Looking Back.

May 23, 2011

Forget that “life is like a box of chocolates” nonsense. Life is like a bungee jump. I know, I know . . . back the jolly trolley up, didn’t I say the big bungee jump was going to be on June 6th?! Well, it is (and you should come along!), but there ended up being [...]

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Who Wants To Jump Off A Bridge With Me?

May 12, 2011

Nearly everyone of us has, at one point or another during our defiant youthful years, had a parent ask, “so, if all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you, too?” Well, regardless of your current age, here’s your chance to reply, “why yes, mom . . . yes I would!” Three and a half [...]

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Just Quit Trying Already

March 22, 2011

One of the books that has most influenced my approach to teaching percussion lessons is Barry Green’s The Inner Game of Music. Based on principles found in the highly championed The Inner Game of Tennis and Inner Skiing, by Tim Gallwey, the book is a beautiful collection of concepts for musicians to apply to their [...]

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A Lesson From The Inaudible Sound Of The Invisible Sun

March 9, 2011

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. Rakalam (which somehow translates into “the inaudible sound of the invisible sun”) is a moniker that was given to legendary drummer, Bob Moses, by his [...]

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Gather Your Troops

March 2, 2011

I hate asking for help. I usually pride myself on autonomy and self-reliance. And, I’ve recently been reminded how extremely limiting that can be. “Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” (Helen Keller) For a while now, I have been planning a project titled Amaloboozi. I will be traveling to [...]

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Increase Your Bump Tolerance

February 18, 2011

Thought I was going to die last week . . . Seriously. Have you ever been “that guy,” dry-heaving over the toilet (or next to a tree) late at night, swearing that, if you make it through just this one time, you’ll never touch alcohol again? Well, that was me. Except I was suspended 2,000 [...]

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