Joining us this week is Colin Hill, Assistant Professor of Percussion Studies at Tennessee Tech University.  In our chat, we learned that his dissertation research on practice colors his teaching.  Laurel shares her newest essay in the Marimba Body series from her blog, which is all about thumbs and a little about anatomical variants.  There's a tendon in the forearm that some have and others don't!

Thanks to all for Facebook questions.

Watch here. Listen below.

If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

0:00 Intro and hello

6:15 Keeping a busy real-life balance, how?

13:12 Student peer environment

17:20 Student to adjunt to full-time job

26:23 Colin's dissertation: 10,000 hours, practice habbits, routines, methods

58:45 Normal variences: fingers, tendons, muscles, grips

1:11:30 What's next for you, Colin?