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About Me

Hello, I am a musician from NJ. I am a pretty mellow dude and can get along with just about anyone. Besides music, I am known for my sense of humor. I am usually the guy my friends come too when they need a good laugh or when they are going through ......"life". I have been a professional gigging drummer for about 15 years. I also teach drums and am a freelance studio drummer. In addition to drums, I also play guitar, bass guitar, piano, and I sing. Here are some of the artists I have played with , gigged, toured, and have recorded with Mike Tichy, Sheryl Crow, Wu-Tang Clan, John Scofield, Peter Karp, Popa Chubby, A.D. West, Barbuda, Derrick Grant, and The Holland Tunnel Project. I am currently playing with Blind Pig Recording Artist Peter Karp: www.myspace.com/peterkarp, NJ/NY singer/songwriter/guitar phenom Mike Tichy: www.myspace.com/miketichy, New Jersey classic rock cover band The Weekday Warriors: www.myspace.com/theweekdaywarriors, and up and coming BMI recording artist John Douris: www.myspace.com/johndouris. Samples of my playing can be heard on these sites. I am a HUUUUUGE NY Yankees, Cleveland Cavs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Miami Heat, LA Lakers, Greenbay Packers, and NY Jets fan. I am also a Star Wars geek.
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My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Cool people who I can respect and hopefully learn something from.

Music:

I love everything but country. I can listen to Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis one minute then listen to Phish, Frank Zappa, and Pantera the next and it's all amazing too me. I would like to point out some of my favorite bands or musicians that have influenced me the most though... Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, Mike Tichy, Soundgarden, Ball, Black Sabbath, Sevendust, Tool, KRS-1, Ice Cube, Dr.Dre, The Roots, Pantera, Damageplan (R.I.P. DIMEBAG), Dream Theater, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Donny Hathaway, The Temptations, "Earth, Wind,and Fire", Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Phish, Kow, Scooby Groove, Beef and Butter, Robert Randolph, MMW, Vital Information, TENACIOUS D, Inca, The Police, Racer X, Black Label Society, Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King, Tower of Power, and The Mars Volta.

Movies:

Favorite movies are the entire Star Wars Saga, Friday, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Spaceballs, Barber Shop 1 and 2, Shawshank Redemption, The Count of Monte Cristo, Pulp Fiction, Usual Supects, Mallrats, Clerks, and anything with Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Harrsion Ford, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Jim Carey, Robert DeNiro , Jack Black, and Salma Hayek.

Television:

Don't watch tv much but when i do it's usually one of the following shows, Dave Chappelle Show, Daily Show, ESPN, Seinfeld, Nick at Night, Mad TV, Food Network, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiam, VH-1, MTV, MTV2, WWE, and Fuse.

Books:

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Heroes:

Anyone who has beaten the odds for the better of themselves as well as those around them, my Uncle John (R.I.P..),my Uncle Ron (Spagnardi, R.I.P.),Michael Jordan, John Henry Bonham, The Beatles, Jaco Pastorius, Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Joe Morello, Dimebag Darrell, Mario Lemiuex, LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Kobe Bryant, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.