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Well, for those of you who dont know me, I'm the platform for which Delana rocks upon.lol...thats what she says anyway. Delana Stevens is the artist That Ive dedicated the last 5 years of my drumming life to. Time well spent I might add. Be sure to check out her website, and myspace page. She rocks with the best of them:) Prior to Delana; I started drumming when I was 10 years old, playing along with records like Led zep, and rush. I suspect 99% of all drummers started this way.lol. Slowly I became known around New England, and played drums full time, with a wide range of bands. After 5 years of playing everything from country, to rock around the northeast, I finally moved from Boston to Nashville(talk about a change.lol.). For the next 6 years, I played all over the southeast with the band 'saddletramp'. After a failed record deal, and several lineup changes, the band finally broke up. Probably good timing though, as this was when Delana was ready to take over the stage, and I was more than willing to jump at the opportunity. Ive always tried to play music that I loved, music that I could 'feel'. As much as I like the money, thats more of a bonus. It should always be about the music. There are those nights though, when you just have to play what the crowd wants, and tough it out.lol., but Id much rather be playin songs I helped to create. Now, enough about me, go listen to Delanas songs!! :)p.s. GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Member Since: 05/07/2007
Band Members: click here to purchase Delanas new c.d.

click to view Delanas latest video on cmt

Influences: Drumming influences; John Bonham, Terry Bozzio, Thomas Lang, John Blackwell jr., Tony Thompson, Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Billy Cobham.Musical influences; everything, and anything I can listen to. Im wide open. I like to listen to everything from Led Zep, to Bls, sting, ozzy, waylon, merle, missing persons, sade, etc.
Sounds Like: take Bonham, Bozzio, Lang, and Blackwell, and put them in a blender....thats me.lol....well, maybe not as good as them, but I try.
Record Label: none

My Blog

Vaca time

Due to the fact that im TIRED, lol, im taking the next two months off. I've arranged for a fill-in drummer for Delana while i'm gone. I'll be back in March, and ready to ROCK! In the meantime, i'...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:26:00 GMT

what to do, what to do

Whats new everyone? Nothing new here. While Delana is writing her second c.d., I suddenly find myself with nothing to do. Yeah, there's always the occasional local thing, or sitting in with some ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:02:00 GMT

posted music

Nothin new goin on here, but some people had asked for some details about the music on my page. so here it is:) listing all the musicians would be a little difficult, so ill just list the singers, and...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:42:00 GMT

surgery

so some of you might have noticed, im not playin for the next few weeks. thats because im having knee surgery friday. the doctors say its no big deal, and ill be onstage in 3 weeks. all they need to d...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:26:00 GMT

my current set up, and gear

Here’s my surrent setup(thanks to d.w. kit builder). The kit is a Tama starclassic performer(birch shells), color is blue galaxy fade. all pedals are d.w. 5000 series. All other hardware...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:07:00 GMT

welcome

Welcome to my new myspace page. I thought it was time to post more about me, and the music Ive helped create. The "artist" page allows me to post more music, so here it is. Some of the music is old st...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:05:00 GMT