If a person is destined to become a professional musician there isn't much anyone can do to change their direction or alter the process....

I got a call once from the band Train. They were finishing a tour and had a problem. It seems their drummer's wife was nine months...

The look of a drum set affects the way you feel and think. The look affects your musical choices. The sizes of the drums, amount of...

There are many ways to get a different meaning from the same sentence. A simple four word introduction, for example, can change by...

Rock and Roll, like Jazz, Blues, Country, and even classical music, started as a boys club which women were relegated to watching. For...

A drummer friend called me once from the road. His band was enjoying a nice wave of success, with a single on the radio and a tour...

The music business allows artists to play for a living while enjoying a never ending stream of new people, places and experiences. With...

Many people think professional musicians have the best job in the world and in many cases it's true. Musicians get to "play" with...

My friend John plays in the big Broadway-style shows that come to town and when The Lion King hit San Francisco he was hired as the...

I just passed the six month mark in Nashville. Six months is significant because it is the amount of time I'd originally given myself to...

Although I miss my wife and kids, being alone in Nashville allows me the time to work as much as I can. I meet people for lunch or coffee...

They say Nashville is a "five year" town. I thought I could shave a couple years off by being experienced and coming in with a few...

As I drove across the country in my drum laden Jeep the great moods I kept feeling surprised me. I'd worried that the enormity of leaving...

There is an Italian Gondolier on Lake Merritt in my hometown of Oakland, CA. He has the boat and the pole, the Chianti, the outfit... He...

I was at the NAMM show a few years ago looking, for a place to take a nap. It was Day Three, which is about when you realize you're...