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SKF Reminders at My Work Desk

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Scott K Fish

Some reminders I’ve pinned eye level at my work desk: * Get comfortable being uncomfortable * Stay in your three-foot world * What would I do if I wasn’t afraid? * I think mental toughness is a man’s ability to … Continue reading →

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Revisiting My Life in Music: Memory Blocks!

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE – I find the toughest part of recollecting how I became a freelance writer and managing editor of Modern Drummer is getting right the sequence of events. More than once  I was sure I did this before that, … Continue reading →

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Fred Below Describes the Roy C. Knapp School of Percussion

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is an excerpt from my 1983 interview for Modern Drummer with Fred Below. I was at the MD office taping the interview during a phone conversation with a suction cup mic and an audio cassette recorder. Fred … Continue reading →

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Gary Chester on Developing Good Time

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I found the full transcript from my 1983 interview with Gary Chester, published that year in the April Modern Drummer. The transcript is about twice as long as a typical MD feature interview at that time, suggesting Gary shared words … Continue reading →

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Revisiting My Life in Music: The Earliest Music in My Life

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Scott K Fish

In my first blog post I write of how important to my eventual music writing was hearing, at age six, my Uncle Bob’s recording of Gene Krupa‘s China Boy, and also, discovering Uncle Bob’s mismatched four-piece drumset and loving its … Continue reading →

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