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          <div class="message"><p>Having a routine and a set schedule on competition days is one of the most underrated aspects of pipe band competition. When band members know where they have to be (and when), the day becomes much easier to navigate. The…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/7406585/on-the-day-how-to-organize-and-manage-a-drum-corps-on-contest-days">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>In a couple of days, both Dartmouth and District Pipe Bands (grade 5 and 3) will be presenting a joint concert with the grade one 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel). This concert is one in a series of steps to prepare…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/7393700/10-minutes-of-planning-the-benefits-of-a-yearly-schedule">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Last July my life changed forever. I was teaching a drum kit lesson to one of my adult students and, as I was packing up to leave, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.&nbsp;</p>
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          <div class="message"><p>"Is this an accent or a tap?"</p>
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<p>If you are a lead drummer you have answered this question hundreds of times. If you are a corps drummer you have <em>asked</em> this question hundreds of times. These questions are asked whenever…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6897758/is-this-an-accent-or-a-tap-using-300-year-old-italian-symbols-to-improve-our-notation">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Change, when made purposefully and for the good of everyone, is always a good idea. But, sometimes, change can take a while.</p>
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          <div class="message"><p>The phrase I heard most often as a child growing up was repeated constantly by my mother: "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". My mother worked for many years as the fellowship coordinator at our…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6687794/if-you-can-t-say-anything-nice-don-t-say-anything-at-all-resetting-pipe-band-culture">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>On August 2, 2019, the Dartmouth and District Pipe Band from Nova Scotia won the North American Pipe Band Championships in grade 4. I am fortunate to be the lead drummer. We won every judging category (1,1,1,1) against some very…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5871135/the-ups-and-downs-my-six-year-journey-as-a-lead-drummer">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>A drum corps is composed of three types of drummers, none more important than the others. The bass drum provides the rhythmic and harmonic foundation for the band as a whole, the snare drummers provide the drive and dynamics and…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6604800/drum-together-two-bar-phrases-for-snare-tenor-and-bass-in-the-march-style">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.ruggedmotorbikejeans.com/collections/mens-biker-jeans" target="_blank">Rugged Motor Bike Jeans</a></p><p>Unison problems plagued my drum corps for my first six years as lead drummer. In my seventh year, however, I discovered (upon much reflection) that there was a solution to my unison issues sitting…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6588962/the-groove-the-feel-and-the-pocket-how-to-improve-unison-in-your-drum-corps">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p><em>In psychology, the "flow state", also commonly known as "being&nbsp;in&nbsp;the zone", is the&nbsp;mental state&nbsp;in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process.</em>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6556551/getting-into-the-zone-the-benefits-and-unintended-consequences-of-the-flow-state">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Taking criticism is hard. Sometimes it hurts and sometimes your pride and self-worth can take a brutal beating. What is criticism? From whom&nbsp;should we accept it? Why is it hard to take? Let's start with a definition.</p>
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          <div class="message"><p>Tempo has been an issue in every pipe band in which I've ever played. There have been tempo discussions at practice, tempo related comments after competitions and I have&nbsp;been yelled at and lectured at for tempo related issues. Tempo…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/6442837/pipe-band-tempo-wars-avoiding-the-blame-game">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>The <strong>Three RRRs</strong>&nbsp;are the elements every drummer needs to fully understand pipe band drumming: <strong>Reading</strong>, <strong>Rolls</strong> and <strong>Rudiments</strong>. To help drummers with these three elements I've created three books:</p>
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