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Category Archives: Revisiting My Life in Music
Ron Spagnardi – Taking a Chance on Fish
SKF NOTE: This post was first published November 30, 2018. It was my 99th Piscataquis Observer newspaper column. Looking back almost forty years I can’t imagine not crossing paths with Ron Spagnardi, founder and publisher of Modern Drummer magazine. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmine Appice, Mel Lewis, Ron Spagnardi, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog
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The Joyful, Continuing Path of a Musical Self-Education
SKF NOTE: I found a monaural cut-out copy of John Coltrane’s Africa/Brass album in a drugstore on a wire display rack filled with cut-out albums. Africa/Brass is the John Coltrane Quartet with a big band. That was my introduction … Continue reading
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Rethinking Customers Who Acted Stupid
SKF NOTE: Thinking back on my years as a professional drummer, there were very, very few times I snapped in anger at customers. The common thread involved someone mistreating my drums because they were drunk, showing off, or just lacked … Continue reading
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Tagged Cymbals, drums, Millard Cowan, Scott K Fish, SKF Blog, Steamboat Lounge
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Music Interviews and the ‘Me Too’ Syndrome
SKF NOTE: These last few weeks I’ve started digitizing my drummer interview audiocassettes. That is, I’m recording copies of the interviews to my MacBook from a cassette deck. As I do so, I’m discovering, or reminding myself, of interview “do’s” … Continue reading
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