Posts Related to: Drums

Ringo Starr turns 70 today. The former Beatle is asking people to do him this favor – at noon:
“If you’re on a bus, if you’re on a boat, at noon, where ever you are, just go, ‘Peace and love, peace and love.’ That’s your birthday gift to me. How great is that?” asks Starr in a video …

“There’s no wrong way to play” is usually my mantra when facilitating a drum class or music therapy session with older adults. In music, dance, and art, there is no wrong way to express yourself. Whatever comes out is an extension of yourself. (Leave the judgment and criticism behind during this article.) Truly, as much as …

Musicians who read music sometimes become frustrated by fellow band members that don’t read music. Most drummers, for example, don’t read music. However, most drummers don’t need to read music. They play by feel, and that often works well and the drummers sound good.
The exceptions to this, however, are the show drummers from Vegas or …

A college friend with whom I have not spoken in years contacted me recently. Just as she and her husband were looking forward to the next phase of their lives, she learned last year, at 49, that she has Parkinson’s disease.
 
She saw the Music After 50 site, and asked me if I knew what instrument …