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About Me

I am a drummer/percussionist living in the San Francisco bay area. I grew up playing classical music and luckily learned mallet instruments at an early age. When I reached high school the guitar player in jazz band told to me check out Led Zeppelin IV. "Dude, it's the only one you need to listen to" I then went to college and they gave me a degree just for playing percussion! Now i can't stop playing rocknroll, afro-beat, jazz, latin and whatever else can be played on a drumset. I will be holding down the principal drum chair for the months of March and April 2009 for the ongoing theater show, "Beach Blanket Babylon". You can see me play drums with the following local acts on a regular basis: Aphrodesia, Vince Wallace (every Sunday) The Trifles, Spaceblaster, The Japonize Elephants (vibes), and the all too rare Mitch Marcus quintet + 13 (vibes). I also have the honor to play with Tin Cup Serenade, The Jacques Ibula Trio and Jascha Ephraim's incarnations from time to time. When Metallica breaks up and gets back together for the reunion tour, I will audition and replace Lars. I have also seen Black Sabbath live. Need a drummer for gigging or recording? Give me a call.

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Member Since: 29/08/2007
Band Members: NEW APHRODESIA ALBUM!Download "Precious Commodity" here:http://aphrodesia.bandcamp.com/I have the good fortune to play lots of amazing music with lots of amazing people. Here's a partial list of folks that help with that in strictly random order:Sylvain Carton, Zozzy, Rob Reich, David Gantz, David Sartore, A Thumbtack, Henry Hung, Linda Robertson, Maya Dorn, Liz Larsen, Michael Mellender, Ian Bjornstad, John Vanderslice, Mexican Jeremy, Cody Anderson, Mike Spooner, Ezra Gale, Dina McCabee, Mully, Shmeeglewop, Alex Mensah, Ben Bortolotti, JAB, Cornelius Boots, Mike Abraham, Your Brains On Fiddle, Charlie Gurke, Lara Maykovich, Erik Hoagland, Jacques Ibula, Paul Sonnabend, Red Spumante Boy, Kerly on fiddle, Evan Farrell (RIP), George Ban-Weiss, Jascha Ephraim, Nicole Rodriguez, Megan Weeder, Mitch Marcus, The Emperrq, Terrence Brewer, Vince Wallace, Colin, Brandon Essex, Isabel Douglas, Patrick Moorehead, Shan Kenner, Bob Crawford, crap there are so many more....
Influences: Lots. I'm influenced by people who are good at what they do. As long as they use their superpowers for good and not evil. (most of the time)
Sounds Like: the other musicians around me
Record Label: yer head
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Johnny V

Sweet! Come July I have the pleasure of playing with John Vanderslice. I can't really describe how open and willing he is to creating great music. It's gonna be a blast. We're going to be doing a bunc...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:51:00 GMT

Beach Blanket Babylon

For the months of March and April 2009, I will be filling in for the principal drummer at the theater show Beach Blanket Babylon. What a cool gig! If any of you live here in the bay area haven't seen ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:48:00 GMT