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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Running my YTD blog stats this morning, visitors and views were up from 2022. Fourteen percent increase in visitors with a 22 percent hike in blog post views. That is, on average, every 2023 visitor looked at two … Continue reading →

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Many Sides of Neil Peart

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is one of my favorite letters from Neil Peart. Written in October 1986 on his two-week old Macintosh computer, it captures many sides of Neil: the writer side, the techno side, the drumming side, the reader side, … Continue reading →

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A Fred Below Memento

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Drummer Fred Below agreed to a Modern Drummer, in part, if the magazine would publish a booking advertisement for Below’s band. That idea was mine. When I first asked Below if he was interested in being the subject … Continue reading →

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Lightfoot Band Keeps Gord’s Music Alive

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: That this classic, musical band is carrying on Gordon Lightfoot’s music in his absence is a musical gift to listeners, and the ultimate tribute to Gordon Lightfoot. ===== We should continue on’: Lightfoot Band returns with first tribute … Continue reading →

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Andy Newmark’s Lesson from Jim Gordon

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning I started re-listening to an Andy Newmark interview drummer Max Weinberg and I did in NYC the early 1980s. My goal is to see what, if any part of that interview can be made available here. … Continue reading →

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