SKF NOTE – This letter from the great drummer Hal Blaine needs some explaining.

First, the letter is in mostly in reference to Blaine’s monthly “Staying In Tune” column for Modern Drummer. The column concept was Blaine’s. MD readers could write to him with questions about almost anything; not just drumming, and Hal would reply in his magazine column.

So this is Hal suggesting a system for handling “Staying In Tune” letters, which we did use.

The reference to Robyn is Robyn Flans’s MD feature interview with Blaine.

Finally, Hal eventually did answer his letters on cassette. But I never had a secretary, so all of the cassette transcribing fell on my shoulders.