Our Sibling, The Rhythmist

This studio and its mission constitute a huge part of my work life. The studio’s mission is the advancement of the students’ skills as musicians, drummers, and also as people. All the traits that we work on in developing drumming skills - patience, discipline, focus, creativity - directly carry over to other phases of life. grooveKSq’s blog space and social media channels are about the students, not about me or anyone else that teaches here. It’s about the students.

NOW A Word About Our Sibling, The Rhythmist

There is a newsletter/magazine that I have been developing for several years on Substack, entitled The Rhythmist. You could consider it grooveKSq’s sibling publication.  The model is direct to your email in box, without any bots or pixels following you around on the web to sell you things.  No ads, no nonsense, just quality right to your inbox. The website interface is also fantastic, providing a clean user experience with no ads, banners or distractions.  

The purpose of The Rhythmist is below:

Quality, thought provoking writing about music creation, recording, album and concert reviews, travel essays, and fiction from Bryan Tuk and others.

There are some good, independent writers out there, but they are few and far between. The legacy publishing industry has imploded. The Rhythmist is a magazine that I would want to read, attempting to combine what Rolling Stone once was combined with some other favorite publications of yesteryear. There is a free tier, and a paid tier for $7 per month that gives you access to everything in The Rhythmist.

I like to keep my personal writing/messaging separate from the studio, because again - the studio is not about me, it is about the students. If you get the weekly groove notes, I have added you to The Rhythmist - it is free and you can opt out at any time. I truly hope you stay and support the magazine project because that will support other independent writers as The Rhythmist grows into what I hope it can be.

Sign up for The Rhythmist below.

Thanks for your support,

-BT

Student Spotlight: David R.

Congratulations are in order to David R, who has been prepping for his University jazz program audition here at grooveKSQ. As one progresses through high school and into the college and university ranks, the material gets tougher in all subjects. This is also true with music schools and the audition process gets more and more competitive as well at the university level.

So, those going through University auditions know that they have two challenges: 1) harder audition material, plus 2) more competition. The audition material David had to navigate was some serious stuff.

David worked hard to prep all the audition material here at groove and once he was ready, we filmed and recorded his audition video here at the studio.

Again, we see that hard work pays off.

David was accepted into the jazz program and University of Delaware for this Fall semester. Congrats, David!!

Recording Services Now Available

One more way grooveKSQ can help young musicians advance their craft is by providing professional video and audio recording services in house!

The studio upgrades were designed to both facilitate distance learning and provide young musicians with a way to record themselves for solo performances or collaborations with other performers. grooveKSQ can now work on Protools (or any other DAW) based projects remotely.

Click here to inquire about your project and our rates.