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Thankful

November 21, 2017by mattdudleydrumming Leave a comment

I was thinking over the weekend what I could write about for this week since it’s the week of Thanksgiving and my Birthday. What better time than to just simply […]

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Feeling guilty for putting your craft on the back burner?

October 9, 2017by mattdudleydrumming 4 Comments

You’ve been killing it lately! Posting your drum videos to social media, practicing non stop, reading all of the drum blogs, and listening to all of the drum related podcasts… […]

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Stop worrying about the “views” and the “likes”

June 19, 2017by mattdudleydrumming 2 Comments

Recently I’ve had an epiphany. I’ve been thinking as to why I post content on this blog and social media. What’s the reason for putting in the time and effort […]

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Persistence is key through it all!

January 19, 2017by mattdudleydrumming 2 Comments

I just ran across this pic I took a few years back and it brought back some memories that I felt would be appropriate to share with you. This was […]

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Why do I play drums?

October 17, 2016by mattdudleydrumming 4 Comments

 The photo above was taken in 2010 when I was attending UNCP. This is around the same time I had to make a tough decision to leave school to pursue […]

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Thought Of The Day… Perception has everything to do with where we “are”

April 8, 2016by mattdudleydrumming Leave a comment

How many times do we say “man I just want to make it”, “I can’t wait until I have arrived”. What does this all mean!? Why must we always be […]

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Do it for the love of the motions – Just simply do!

September 11, 2014by mattdudleydrumming 3 Comments

What is it that first got you into drums? Do you remember? Do you remember that first thought of “I think I can do this!” or “I have to do […]

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Value is found in conversation not numbers – twitter and the drum community

September 9, 2014by mattdudleydrumming Leave a comment

The other day I woke up and started my day like usual. Made my morning coffee, took a shower, checked some emails, and then replied back to some conversations I […]

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