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About me - Matthew Douglas

As a creative individual, the world around me is a huge source of relentless, inspiring stimuli.
My fascination with the artistic process and my active involvement in its continuing developments, inevitably result in the creation of written work, music, poetry,

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Entertainment > Musical Instruments Advice to beginning musicians: Don't (just) play guitar!
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It has been nearly nine years since I first started playing the drum kit. Like all beginners I saved up, bought a cheap set of drums, struggled with co-ordination, time signatures, temperamental bass players over priced practice rooms, storage, angry neighbors and the inevitable drummer jokes and general lack of respect and u... More..

Arts & Humanities > Making Art Unleashing creativity by expressing your emotions
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Creativity is not exclusive..Creativity is a natural process, it happens to all of us everyday, what many individuals fail to do is recognize it happening.Regardless of who you are, what you do or where you do it you have an impact.It is difficult to comprehend or grasp the enormous influence simple actions can have upon the ... More..

Entertainment > Musical Instruments Innovative approaches to percussion and the drum kit
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The drum kit is, as the name suggests a set of instruments, each with an individual tone and character.The importance of an overall blend of tone throughout the drum kit cannot be over exaggerated, once one has obtained that satisfying unified sound from the entire drum kit, it is time to break it all down again.These days I ... More..

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