For those of you who don't know me, concurrent with my career as a Percussionist & Gongolier, I have also been a writer. From 1983-2008 I was a contributing writer to Modern Drummer magazine. I wrote many feature interviews as well as technical articles (I originated the
Style & Analysis column), CD & Product reviews, and other things. I've also written extensively for AVANT (UK), DownBeat, Rhythm, and other music magazines. I've also written various books on drums & percussion, most notably,
Percussion Profiles, with English percussionist, Trevor Taylor.
While I don't write for magazines as often as I used to, I continue to write about all things percussive in my 2 blogs:
PERCUSSION DECONSTRUCTION covers all manner of percussion with essays, technical articles, lessons, reviews, etc.:
http://percussiondeconstruction.blogspot.com/THE WAY OF THE GONG is more esoteric and covers Gongs/Singing Bowls/Bells:
http://thewayofthegong.blogspot.com/I also have a YouTube channel with mostly Gong related content:
www.youtube.com/user/GongtopiaPlease check them out. ~ MB
