Category Archives: Random Riffs

Jazz Insights

In my last blog post, I pointed you toward the YouTube playlist that I have created featuring a bunch of great recordings of some very important jazz standards. Today, I want to put a spotlight on another great resource that I am using in my study of j...

Playlist For A Jazz Student’s Journey

As some of you may know, I have taken the past couple of years to *really* work on the swing / be-bop jazz area of my drumming. I have been playing jazz music actively, both for fun and for pay, for about 20 years now. However, I have always considere...

A Mind On Productivity

I’m rather embarrassed that I’ve just let my blog lie dormant for all this time. Part of the reason is that I’ve been VERY busy with work and the other part of it is… well, I haven’t been the greatest time manager lately. ...

On My Own Creativity

Ask I am getting back into regular blogging, I wanted to continue to share with you the kinds of things that I read every day. Hopefully it will help you understand my own thought processes and the internal struggles I go through as I am making my way ...

Where My Head’s At Today?

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown ...