Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 5 – Recovery & Rebirth

A potential career-ending injury became the wake-up call I needed to rebuild everything — not just my technique, but my sense of self behind the kit. Reinvention #6 (Rebirth) The words of Billy Ward did eventually find a gap through my stubborn resistance to let go of the past, but only after experiencing the excruciating… Continue reading Falling Into the Double-Bass Trap: Part 5 – Recovery & Rebirth

Steve Brown, 1954-2013

The Man Who Made Me Believe in Myself Again On 14 November 2013, I lost a very special person from my musical family. Steve Brown was my long-serving partner in our band’s rhythm section, with a solid working relationship lasting 6 years. If it wasn’t for ill health, we would have had