My history as a musician goes pretty far back. From a young age, probably around the age of seven, I began playing piano. I liked it, but I wasn’t captivated by it. Around the year 2000, I began complaining to my mother about not liking the piano very much. She told me after that given year of lessons I could choose whatever musical instrument I wanted, that instrument I wanted to play was drums.
From there, I saved my money and purchased my own drum kit; playing drums in my room whenever I had the chance. I would practice along to my favorite funk, rock, and jam band recordings and try and emulate the players I was listening to. These players being guys like Jon Fishmann, John Bonham, Chad Smith, etc. I feel like this was a good way to learn at an early age because I was setting a high standard that I wanted to be playing to.
I was in a three piece jam trio back in Massachusetts called The Dancing Head Orchestra. We played locally around MA before we all went our separate ways for school.
I’ve taken lessons from three teachers throughout the course of my studies along with studying from countless books and instructional DVDs. Most recently I have taken the plunge into the world of Afro-Cuban drumming. It is amazing how deep this music goes and how important the drums are in this style of music. One of my main upcoming goals is to take all of these hip Cuban rhythms and apply them to the genres that I enjoy, like funk and rock.
Stay tuned for more on this site including, links to music, tutorials, written history on instruments, and more!
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