Your bodies reflection of your minds choices. Youth is a finite resource. Drumset is the most physical of all the instruments. Therefore nutrition, exercise and mental health are crucial to our calibrations on the drums. Overall health helps with overall consistency.

A learned trate. This does not come easily for most. Time management and focus fall under this category. Discipline is our self regulating conscious that keeps our actions on track with our goals and what we know to be right. Drumming is a discipline in life & often carries over to other aspects of life as our life experience carries over to our music.

An Innate capacity we are born with! Its our ability as conscious and sub-conscious beings to change what already is. The information we have, combined with each of our individual experiences, gives us unique perspective. Refining our ideas and manifesting them into reality makes up our creative journey. Be fiercely creative my friends! It's in your blood!

The reward incentive to put in the work. Motivation is our internal reasoning for achieving a means to an end. Seeing people who are successful in their field motivates us to reach new heights in our craft! We can often see farther ahead than where we currently are and this should motivate us to take action in advancing forward.

Your heart! Your innate love for the craft. This intense feeling is the most important in my opinion. It can be a battle getting through all the obstacles we face in our craft/field, and you have to fight with heart! In my opinion the heart is where determination and will power stem from.

There are a few things I feel are crucial to musical beings. One is inspiration. It is the external force that is internalized. A rush of energy. I usually feel most inspired after seeing a performance of a favorite band or player. Inspiration is the spark that lights us up, it gives us a flash foreshadow of what could be. It is the breathe of the creative process! When I feel stagnant, I search for inspiration. Im seemingly endlessly inspired by greats such as Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Virgil Donati, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Gary Novak, Dennis Chambers and the list goes on. Theres nothing like new inspiration though, hearing some badass drummer you've never heard of before, jumping up from your coach and dropping your jaw. Be inspired my friends!