Blair Helsing
@drummerlife.bsky.social
San Franciscan. Percussionist. Jazz band leader. Current President of North Beach Neighbors.
My Substack post this week. As always, the topic is Journalism (some music, too, as always).
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substack.com/@rialdrummer...
To trust journalists (and their employers) is to trust a lens to view the world
Also, young journalists keep stepping up
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November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My Substack post this week. As always, the topic is Journalism (some music, too, as always).
substack.com/@rialdrummer...
substack.com/@rialdrummer...
What kind of party, exactly?
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What kind of party, exactly?
tomorrow, Foster City
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
tomorrow, Foster City
My Substack post for this week. As always the topic is journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com/p/form?sd=pf
Form
and Substance
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September 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My Substack post for this week. As always the topic is journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com/p/form?sd=pf
My Substack post about journalism for this week is up. Will return to the Monday schedule on Labor Day.
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rialdrummer.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My Substack post about journalism for this week is up. Will return to the Monday schedule on Labor Day.
rialdrummer.substack.com
rialdrummer.substack.com
Deets: illuminate.org/event/civic-... 🎧
August 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Deets: illuminate.org/event/civic-... 🎧
Young Hope and Crosby
Follow us on Insta @echo_beach_music
Our next San Francisco gig is Monday August 18 at Fulton Plaza next to the Main Library from 2 to 3pm.
Follow us on Insta @echo_beach_music
Our next San Francisco gig is Monday August 18 at Fulton Plaza next to the Main Library from 2 to 3pm.
August 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Young Hope and Crosby
Follow us on Insta @echo_beach_music
Our next San Francisco gig is Monday August 18 at Fulton Plaza next to the Main Library from 2 to 3pm.
Follow us on Insta @echo_beach_music
Our next San Francisco gig is Monday August 18 at Fulton Plaza next to the Main Library from 2 to 3pm.
First video from this week youtu.be/2Ce__CjNzAo
Echo Beach Band - Song For My Father
YouTube video by Echo Beach Jazz Band
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August 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
First video from this week youtu.be/2Ce__CjNzAo
🎧 Outdoor, free shows coming up
August 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🎧 Outdoor, free shows coming up
🎧 Our shows this month in NorCal. Sheldon Alexander and George Smeltz on the drums. The band's website: reverbnation.com/echobeachband. We're also on Insta, FB, TikTok.
August 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎧 Our shows this month in NorCal. Sheldon Alexander and George Smeltz on the drums. The band's website: reverbnation.com/echobeachband. We're also on Insta, FB, TikTok.
My Substack post this week. The topic is journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com/p/feedback-l...
Feedback Loops
Lost and Found
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July 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My Substack post this week. The topic is journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com/p/feedback-l...
Slice of my life this week #2. 🎧 My band's show this Friday in San Francisco's North Beach.
July 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Slice of my life this week #2. 🎧 My band's show this Friday in San Francisco's North Beach.
Slice of my life this week #1. My weekly Monday Substack post about Journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Slice of my life this week #1. My weekly Monday Substack post about Journalism. rialdrummer.substack.com
🎧 Gigs this week. Tix for Saturday's show: www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach... #jazz #locallivemusic Hayward, CA. San Francisco, CA.
July 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🎧 Gigs this week. Tix for Saturday's show: www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach... #jazz #locallivemusic Hayward, CA. San Francisco, CA.
🎧Hayward, see you soon.
June 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
🎧Hayward, see you soon.
Music mine, video clips from Canva 🎧
"Filbert Hawk"
"Filbert Hawk"
June 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Music mine, video clips from Canva 🎧
"Filbert Hawk"
"Filbert Hawk"
🎧 It's gonna be a fun one (well, honestly, that's what we do). We've cooked up jazz, jams and electronica for this gig. Kevin Gerzevitz - organ, John LoGiudici - guitar, Robby Mac - bass, Robi Bean - drums, me - vibraphone, marimba, percussion & electronics. Free show.
June 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🎧 It's gonna be a fun one (well, honestly, that's what we do). We've cooked up jazz, jams and electronica for this gig. Kevin Gerzevitz - organ, John LoGiudici - guitar, Robby Mac - bass, Robi Bean - drums, me - vibraphone, marimba, percussion & electronics. Free show.
My weekly Substack post about #Journalism:
Q: Where's that static coming from? A: The Federal Communications Commission open.substack.com/pub/rialdrum...
Q: Where's that static coming from? A: The Federal Communications Commission open.substack.com/pub/rialdrum...
Q: Where's that static coming from? A: The Federal Communications Commission
And what was meaningful to a cub reporter
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May 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My weekly Substack post about #Journalism:
Q: Where's that static coming from? A: The Federal Communications Commission open.substack.com/pub/rialdrum...
Q: Where's that static coming from? A: The Federal Communications Commission open.substack.com/pub/rialdrum...
EB returning to Music City on June 14.
Tickets are on sale now. Advance $10. At the door $15.
www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach...
Tickets are on sale now. Advance $10. At the door $15.
www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach...
May 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
EB returning to Music City on June 14.
Tickets are on sale now. Advance $10. At the door $15.
www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach...
Tickets are on sale now. Advance $10. At the door $15.
www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-beach...
We appreciate your support.
Follow us on Reverbnation, Bands In Town, Songkick, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and we'll see you out there.
Follow us on Reverbnation, Bands In Town, Songkick, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and we'll see you out there.
April 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We appreciate your support.
Follow us on Reverbnation, Bands In Town, Songkick, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and we'll see you out there.
Follow us on Reverbnation, Bands In Town, Songkick, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and we'll see you out there.
Some of our members, families and friends at the North Beach Neighbors family meal marking Spring 2025. Thanks to Piazza Pellegrini and everyone who enjoyed the afternoon. 🍕
#NorthBeach #piazzapellegrini #sanfrancisco #pizza #pasta #sanpellegrino
#NorthBeach #piazzapellegrini #sanfrancisco #pizza #pasta #sanpellegrino
March 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Some of our members, families and friends at the North Beach Neighbors family meal marking Spring 2025. Thanks to Piazza Pellegrini and everyone who enjoyed the afternoon. 🍕
#NorthBeach #piazzapellegrini #sanfrancisco #pizza #pasta #sanpellegrino
#NorthBeach #piazzapellegrini #sanfrancisco #pizza #pasta #sanpellegrino