I hope you and your loved ones are healthy and well. I am grateful to be able to say that my family and I are healthy. The past few months have been a time of self reflection, re evaluating priorities, and acceptance. I continue to stay committed to my mission of creating joy, love, connection Read More
I learned of the passing of Neil Peart today. Few people truly deserve the title of "the man that needs no intro", and Neil Peart exemplifies this phrase among my generation, those of us who grew up in the eighties. Neil Peart first appeared to me on my Path To Rhythm when I was turned Read More
We have all seen assemblies for Elementary Schools that have been ineffective because of the size of the audience. It's time to rethink how the traditional assembly is presented! How can students be fully engaged when they are physically uncomfortable, sitting on a floor with hundreds of other students? The standard "two assemblies in a Read More
Here you will find articles about past events, and resources for drumming with your community Read More
This post is inspired by Seth Godin, he has been one of my biggest inspirations in the year of 2010 to motivate me to do work and accomplish specific goals. I have compiled a list of things that I set out to do in 2010 for and that I saw through until they were completed Read More
This week I had the pleasure of being a guest host on the Camp Nation Podcast. We spoke about staff commitment, and I also spoke about the group drumming programs that I provide for camps Read More
This video is special to him because it happens to be his grandfather that is featured in it (playing with drum sticks). Scott was ecstatic to have stumbled upon this video. Scott is an amazing musician in his own right. I have been playing music with Scott off and on for the past twenty years Read More
Editor's note: this is a follow up on a previous post entitled Are Children Starting to Drum at A Younger Age? I have been contacted by several parents who have asked me what I feel would be the best way for them to support their young child's desire to drum. These parents were speaking of Read More
drumSTRONG is an event organized by Scott Swimmer. I had the pleasure of spending time with Scott at the DCF Convention in Myrtle Beach in 2008. His story is amazing, read more about drumSTRONG here. The website has info about sending donations for this great cause. I encourage you to donate Read More