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This is my acoustic side project! Been thinking about doing it for a few years now- just decided it was time. My main gig is playing drums and singing for Down to Here around the Omaha area- you can find that myspace page in my friend's section.I grew up in a musical family with my Dad gigging a few times a month with a band that contained his mother (my Grandma), several cousins, and an uncle. My Grandfather used to be the drummer, but passed away when I was about 4. Grandma needed to find a new home for his drums, so Dad brought them home and I immediately started messing around on them. I raided Dad's album collection and became hooked on early ZZ Top and Doobie Brothers- these are my earliest memories of trying to play along! Naturally, I ALWAYS wanted to go with Dad to his gigs. When possible, he would take me to a gig and then bring me back to Grandma's on his break. I would stand back behind the drummer and just watch and study. Once in awhile they would allow me to get up and play a song or two- this used to freak people out because I was young- 8 or 9 and I was kind of small for my age. Dad decided to leave the family band and I started playing with him at about age 13 and did so all the way through High School. So instead of racking up miles on my car by cruising on weekends, I was playing 'Old School' Country and classic Rock. I went to college and studied music for 2 years before deciding I didn't want to be a teacher, and I had a chance to go travel the midwest- so that's what I did! I was a full time musician for about 7 years playing from Canada to Texas and Colorado to Kentucky. Drums are by far my strength, but thankfully my Dad started showing me chords on a guitar when I was about 12. The cool thing about guitar is that I can sit and play an actual song by myself! So over the years I've managed to learn more and more on guitar and became interested in finger picking- in the style of Lindsay Buckingham and James Taylor.