Welcome to the Rock Dog Blog!

Welcome to the Rock Dog Blog!

By Gary Michael Hassig
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Welcome! If you’re curious about drumming, well, I’m all about drumming. (And a few other things.) in this blog I’ll be exploring various aspects of rhythm and drumming. Warning: rhythm is very complicated! But it’s also a whole lot of fun.

Drums and rhythm have been a passion of mine all my life. All the way back in first grade, I heard rhythms in my head—different ways to do the rhythms of the songs we sang in school, for example. Or I’d hear a tractor in a field near my house, get into the rhythm of the motor, and start making up another rhythm to go along with it, or think up some words to turn it into a song.
I’m also a writer, so the rhythm of words has always fascinated me. It’s pretty cool how Words and drumming can go together! Anyway, hope you enjoy my blog. Feel free to comment! See my blog on The Infinite Complexity of Rhythm

Gary Michael Hassig

I sit in silence for long periods of time, then make joyful noise on the drums! I guess that makes me an oxymoron. (Some would say just a moron. Oh well.) I’m a third-generation Colorado native and have lived in the state all my life. I graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver (BA, Writing, 1988). In addition to my contemplative perusings, I love to read—from the Bible and biblical/historical studies, to Shakespeare, to Mark Twain, to John Grisham. I love to explore rhythms on the drums—drum set or hand percussion, worship, rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, drum circle, rudiments, jam band, anything; for me, it’s the most in-the-moment thing there is. I love to hike Colorado's mountains—I feel so alive and at home among the trees, boulders, rivers, and wildflowers—another very in-the-moment thing. I love to soak in Colorado’s many hot springs—Pagosa is my favorite, but there are many good ones. I love to watch good movies—from Dead Poets Society to Lord of the Rings to The Princess Bride—and eat good food and drink good wine or dark beer with my wife, Diane.

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