Rocky Point Blog

Life has a funny way of dealing us an unexpected hand.  As most of you know, I'm now an Assistant High School Band Director.  Like many folks, this wasn't always the plan I had in mind as I grew up. In my very early years I had an OBSESSION with trains, as many young boys do!   Thomas the Tank Engine was my favorite show; I had the model trains from the show in wood AND metal forms, and many other train accessories.  It even got to the point where I made my parents chase trains around the neighborhood until they disappeared from sight.  I made train sounds, impersonated trains from Thomas, and went on trips to see train museums  —  I was obsessed.  If you had asked me, back then (around 4 or 5 years old), what I wanted to do with my life, I would have told you that I wanted to grow up and become a train conductor or driver.  That plan stayed for awhile too! Fast forward to the end of elementary school.  At this point, camcorders (ye...

As I write this post, I realize that this is the beginning of many new chapters in the journey of my life.  I just hopped off a plane from teaching my very first drum corps camp ever, my second semester of teaching band begins on Tuesday, and I turn a quarter of a century years young on Friday. All of that said, I thought it would be time to open up a new medium to share my thoughts with those who follow me.  By no means to do I feel like I'm the most interesting person in the world, but in the same way that I share vlogs, I feel that I also have words, stories, and longer deeper monologues to type out that could benefit future educators, those in music, or just individuals who need to be encouraged.  The topics contained here are those that I do not feel would best be suited for a vlog style video.  So... here we grow! I've been reading a lot more in 2019 than I have been in any of my adult years.  Currently, I'm reading a book that I think everyone cou...