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About Me

I'm a drummer....what does that tell you? I prefer jazz but if you check out my blogs you'll see that I'm a musical whore. If it pays I plays. I also play some keyboard but only for my own benefit. Should have never stopped the piano lessons...one in a long list of regrets. Piano is still my favorite instrument as it can do everything - melody, harmony, percussion. It has the range both in pitch and dynamics that makes it the most expressive instrument.

Sometimes this picture sums me up.

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakes." -Carl Jung

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

people who do what they say they are going to do. people who don't habitually lie. people who understand what respect really means. people who give as much or more than they take.most folks list a bunch of celebrities in this part, as if those celebrities would actually give a shit. personally, i think 'regular' peoples' stories are just as interesting - they're all different.tell me one of your stories and i'll tell you one of mine.

My Blog

odd jobs

There have been many times in my life as a musician where music just didn't provide enough income and I've had to resort to the dreaded "day gig." I've worked day gigs since before I was old eno...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:37:00 GMT

more travel adventures

Last week I took a job for which I am marginally qualified although I had complete confidence in my abilities. A musician friend of mine needed to move his family, with all of their household be...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:58:00 GMT

Greyhound

Ever ridden a long distance on a Greyhound bus? I can't think of a much more miserable way to travel although there have been a couple of occasions that ran a close second. Like the time I...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:10:00 GMT

myspace pet peeves

I like myspace, generally speaking. I've been able to keep up with a multitude of friends, aquaintances and colleagues whom I probably would have lost touch with without this medium. I've ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:15:00 GMT

it's just the way brothers are

I was talking with my younger brother the other day and he was relating how his two sons, who are about three years apart in age, treat each other exactly the way he and I used to treat each other whe...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:32:00 GMT

learning curve

I had the privelege of raising three children, all of whom are intelligent, witty and sarcastic. Gee, wonder where they got that? One of the joys of being a parent is witnessing certain la...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:26:00 GMT

a Thanksgiving story

When I was first married, back in the early '80s, I used to love to spend Thanksgiving at my father-in-law's place. Not because I particularly liked him as much as I liked the fact that his bigg...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:05:00 GMT

gig stories...part 3(?)

One of the best paying gigs I ever had was one of the worst, musically. I knew it was going to be like that when I auditioned, but at the time I was working a construction gig that was killing m...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:44:00 GMT

is it worth it? hell, yeah

I, along with many other local Denton area musicians, often play at the Greenhouse, essentially for free. The Greenhouse allows each group to have a tab on which may be put food and/or drinks.&n...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:34:00 GMT

attitude adjustments

I'm working on changing my attitude. I seem to have a reputation, maybe deserved, for being somewhat dark. Ok, definitely deserved, but like the old saying goes, don't judge someone until ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:18:00 GMT