Category Archives: Revisiting My Life in Music

It Was Your Passion for Drums

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Briefly, many years ago, I gave individual private home drum lessons to a handful of students. Using Facebook Messenger as a portal, one of those students, Shari, recently sent me an unexpected, touching message. I remember Shari. Over … Continue reading →

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If Ringo Wants to Be in Our Magazine

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Memories of Modern Drummer magazine co-founder Isabel Spagnardi make me smile. Isabel was MD publisher Ron Spagnardi’s wife. I don’t, and didn’t, know the specifics of Isabel’s work at MD. My impression is, and was, that she, as … Continue reading →

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Calling Jimmy Davis of Centerport, NY

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Jimmy Davis was a grade or two behind me at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, NY. He was a quiet kid, shy, with a good sense of humor. He was also an outstanding drummer with deep jazz roots … Continue reading →

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My Music, Books, and Old Man Time

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Ten years ago, preparing to move out of a house I’d owned for 30 years to a much smaller place, I had to let go (sell, donate, gift) lots of accumulated “stuff.” In the end, except for about … Continue reading →

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Always One Good Musical Takeaway

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: One night at a club in Illinois, back when I was earning a living as a drummer, musician friends and I were checking out the band. This was not a name band. It was a lounge band traveling … Continue reading →

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