A Clearing

This happens in one of my favorite shows of the last several years, and that was a prominent reaction. I thought it was brilliant, with ten minutes left you have no idea how it’s going to resolve and every hanging thread weaves neatly into this barely foreshadowed catastrophe. Some really hated it.

Having some fun yesterday, and making some progress on these double bass quadruplets. Sometimes I rush the fill back to one; not sorry, there’s no click track or other people to get all out of sync over it. #drums #musiciansky #musicsky

On the first take of this guitar track (this video is a few takes later) I’d forgotten about the massive drum fill and completely fell apart.

This is an older song I’m bringing back, doubtful these are keeper, but I’m having fun.

#skyoriginalmusictracks
#musiciansky #musicsky
#drums #guitar

I want to make something clear because it’s Bluesky and it’s important to me. I am upset about what’s happening in the States and I care deeply. I know it’s important to speak out. With that said, I came here to share my music and escape, so please understand if I resist my natural urge to soapbox.

It’s on our list to watch, but we suspect it will drive our dog crazy, so have held off so far. We’ll give it a try and see how he goes.

I have new songs too, hoping to bring them into the world in good time. Was planning to come out to the SCALA open mic this week but life had other plans. Looking forward to playing out more in the not-too-distant future.

I’m playing guitar a fair bit too! I learned my minor blues scale a while back so now I can noodle a bit like this. I’ll post up some more guitar vids as I get more comfortable with the space and my playing. #guitar

Having fun during practice yesterday. Making some progress sneaking these double bass fills in, even if there’s some slop here and there, getting more comfortable playing them in time. Especially love crushing that snare. #drums

Yesterday I posted on another platform which I’d just deleted from my phone that I’d set up shop on BlueSky, and am heartened to find several familiar faces have subsequently added me here. Thanks for joining me; I’m looking forward to keeping up with you all.

Here’s a clip from recent practice. Finally got myself *and* the drums in the shot!

#drums #drumming

As said bestie, yeah, that was a vibe.

I’m here for fun, posting vids of me playing music without aspirations to content creation and such. I’ll point a camera at the noisemaker and maybe I’ll be in the shot too, prolly work on better angles, but mainly just me doing my thing without bells/whistles (unless they’re the noisemaker!).

Sometimes I can’t resist working the funky drummer beat into a jam.

#drums #drumming

I’ve been resisting the urge to post on other platforms for various reasons, but for the moment Bluesky seems like a chill place where I can post some music stuff and try to remember what I liked about social media before the algorithms made it feel advertisey/competitive/hierarchical.

I’ve been working on my instrumental chops the past few years, going back to when I was in school, which I graduated in ‘22. Learning drum rudiments and double-bass, blues scale improv on guitar, and even some piano. Here’s a minute of a common drum practice improv from last week. Still learning!