Kim Plainfield – A Lesson in Life
It was my senior year at the Berklee College of Music, and for my seventh semester I studied privately with a man named Kim Plainfield. To be totally honest, I didn't know much about him other than the fact... Read More »
Naughty Octopus debut EP Update
The Naughty Octopus debut EP, now entitled "Lost & Found" is finally complete! It's been a long, seemingly endless process at times but it feels so good to know that in just a month or so at most, the EP will... Read More »
Naughty Octopus debut EP
Finishing up a long awaited the Naughty Octopus debut EP at 9b Studios in Milford, MA in January. The recording is expected to be available to purchase and for online download by the fall of 2016. It's a busy... Read More »
The New Review’s debut self-titled album now available on Itunes, Spotify, you name it!
On March 13, the New Review released their debut, self titled album with a slamming show at Wonderbar in Allston, MA; opening for Kevin Kinsella of John Brown's Body and 10 Foot Ganja Plant. The album is now... Read More »
How to Give Enlightened Drum Lessons
So many times I see drum instructors pushing the basics without an end goal. In nearly a decade of private drum instruction, I have begin to develop an "enlightened" methodology that I use in getting a... Read More »
A late night take on what it really means to be successful
Haven’t wrote on here in a long time, didn’t really see the point and still don’t but hey, writing feels pretty good to me. I may go so far as to say that I am currently as excited musically as I have... Read More »
A Play on Me
Have you ever had the feeling that somehow the life that you’re living is just some kind of play on you; that somehow everything you have ever experienced and everybody you’ve ever met was all just a big... Read More »
Sam Joins the Good Will and Them Apples Band
Sam has recently joined the Good Will and Them Apples Band, one of the most happening party bands in New England. Comprised of all scholarship students from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston,... Read More »
Drum Lessons that Focus on Creativity and Passion
In my ongoing experience as a student, I have learned that drum lessons, or any formal instruction on something artistic, must be representative of the art itself. To sit a young/beginning drummer down at a... Read More »
