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Mel Lewis to Steve Gadd: You’re a Drag

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Around 1976, Mel Lewis told me of the time he first met Steve Gadd. In 1976 Steve Gadd was really starting to grab the attention of musicians everywhere – especially drummers. I first heard Steve Gadd in 1974 … Continue reading →

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Victor Wooten’s “The Music Lesson” is a Keeper

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Finished reading Victor Wooten’s The Music Lesson this week. Mr. Wooten is perhaps known best as bassist with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones.  I like to underscore in pencil favorite book parts: words I’m learning for the first time, phrases … Continue reading →

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Personal Growth as a Drummer Thru Painful Moments

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My personal growth as a drummer often came in the wake of painful moments. For example, I’m remembering the day I subbed on live t.v. with the Warren Parrish Trio in Moline, Illinois. The trio’s regular drummer, Tommy … Continue reading →

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The Case for Anonymous Web Posting

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Ask someone what bothers them most about internet web forums. They’re likely to answer, “Anonymous posters. People who post comments under fake names.” Recently, Dr. Brene Brown’s TED Talk on creativity and vulnerability prompted me to buy and read her … Continue reading →

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Touch Wood in a Japanese Forest with Bach

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Scott K Fish

I love everything about this. I love the percussion. I love the forest. I love the brains, heart, and creativity that figured out how to do this. I love that it is captured on film. Thank you.

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