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Get Well Steve PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dan Landrum   
Thursday, 15 January 2009 02:38

Steve Jobs"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Don't let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

 

- Steve Jobs 2005, commencement address, Stanford University
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 March 2009 03:48
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Practicing Drum Rudiments on Hammered Dulcimer PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dan Landrum   
Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:03
Ten Reasons
Every Hammered Dulcimer Player
Should Practice Rudiments
Every Day

A rudiment is simply a pattern played with two sticks or hands. Over the years a series of 40 of these patterns have been identified and agreed upon by a worldwide group of percussionists called the Percussive Arts Society. Drummers have been learning to play by using rudiments for hundreds of years, and the earliest written rudiment goes all the way back to the 15th century.

Every hammered dulcimer player is essentially a drummer playing a very complicated melodic drum. Read on for 10 reasons why I believe any approach to learning hammered dulcimer will benefit from a scheduled approach to learning the rudiments.
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 March 2009 03:51
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Cold Roots PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dan Landrum   
Monday, 02 February 2009 15:34
My old hometown of Kennett, Missouri is still reeling from last week's ice storm. It is one of many small towns in similar situations.

According to this report by a Memphis TV station (you'll have to click in the upper right hand column of the page to start the video) electric crews are going to have to rebuild from the ground up the entire city's electrical grid which feeds over 13 thousand homes. The report focuses on a nursing home where my mother lives.

My sister, Lori, sent me the picture above showing the kind of damage which can be seen on every street. Hundreds of telephone poles are snapped in two. Much of the town will be lucky to see electricity restored before the end of February. Nearly every tree is damaged or destroyed.

It is interesting how little national media attention is garnered when small town life is devastated by disaster. The number of effected people reaches into the tens of thousands when you consider the surrounding small towns in similar situations. I think it is simply a matter of the big news outlets reporting on what is easy and sensational. Small town folk just roll up their sleeves and go to work putting things back together again. It isn't sensational, but it is what makes a nation strong.

Hang in there Kennett.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 05:34
 
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