MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #53 Dec 23rd, 2024   They Say Never Meet Your Heroes, Unless…   Hey,   I hope all’s well at your end. Can you believe it—just two more days until Christmas? Madness!   As cliché as it sounds, this year has absolutely flown by. And with December and January ramping up even more for me—between shows and

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #52 Dec 16, 2024   It’s all about now… Now. Now. Now!   “Shit’s happening now! It’s all about now; now, now, now! Bigger, faster, sweatier, skinnier, whiter, blacker, Gracer…”   – Jeff Buckley   I love this quote. Actually, it’s not really a quote, it’s more like a line, as it’s from one of Jeff’s live concerts back

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #51 Dec 9th, 2024   Who is steering the ship? You?   Hey,   I hope the week has been good! It’s been a full-on at this end, but in all honesty, I’ve been loving every second of it. I’m a bit odd like that…   Between gigs, family life, the release of The Key To Dynamics &

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #50 Dec 2nd, 2024   It’s ALL in your head…   Alright, we’re going a little deeper today. I’m pulling back the curtain and bringing you further into my world. Strap in, and let’s do this.   Last week, I mentioned that I don’t often write anything down when learning new material. My process is simply to

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #49 Nov 25th, 2024   A Prime Time For Primus   Welcome back!   Things have been super busy at this end! It’s that classic thing with being a musician – I can feel all my friends and family starting to wind down for the year, leading up to Christmas, yet for me personally, I’m ramping up,

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #48 Nov 18th, 2024   The Art Of How To Disappear Completely – pt.2   Last week I told the story of when Radioheads ‘How to disappear completely’, imprinted on me, and completely changed my life.   I explained how, in my opinion, you don’t find music. Instead, when the timing is right, and when you are

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #47 Nov 11th, 2024   How To Disappear Completely – Pt.1   Welcome back!   This week, I wanted to break the newsletter into two parts.   Although they’re connected, I’d like to clearly separate the personal and powerful anecdote I’m about to share with you, from what we’ll flesh out and discuss in FULL, next week.

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #46 Nov 4th, 2024   The Body Keeps The Score… So Start Listening.   Today’s newsletter is more of an anecdote than anything. A little story about something that happened to me recently, and what I took from it.   As I’ve gotten older, it’s becoming much easier for me to be sensible and actually listen to

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #45 Oct 29th, 2024   What Does The Opportunity Cost, And Are You Willing To Pay It?   What I wanted to share with you this week is a brief but pivotal anecdote around the idea of ‘opportunity cost’.   Every opportunity we come across has a cost. The question is, does it align with where we

MasterMind Drummer Newsletter #44 21 Oct, 2024   6 Hard Truths For Every Wannabe Pro…   Let’s get deep in the weeds this week!   The whole point of these newsletters is to bring you as much value as I possibly can, and outside the regular paradiddle lessons (which we all know is the worst rudiment of them all), that