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Pete

I tried to walk on water, but I sank like stone. I believe...

About Me

Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, the greatest city in the world, I am currently living and playing/performing in south Florida. I am an independent person with strong beliefs. I like to be challenged and I like to succeed. I am a good friend and I don't like to fight. I have had the same best-friend since I was 14. I genuinely care for others. I am a romantic at heart. I enjoy performing live music, good conversation, good company, being with my signifigant other (when I have one), hangin' with my friends, seeing live music and relaxing on the beach. I am loyal to a fault. I like Coke not Pepsi. Cubs not Sux. Michigan not Notre Dame. Zildjian not Sabian. Letterman not Leno, Rock and/or Roll. As a musician, I have been involved in music since I was 5, and it is my passion. My mom says I was pounding out rhythm, in time, in my high chair. Right now, I am playing with Natural Habit ( http://www.myspace.com/naturalhabit ) We play originals, like the song playing now, as well as a variety of contemporary hits and classic rock from the Beatles and Stones to Foo Fighters and Green Day. Check out our YouTube clip below. We will be playing clubs from Palm Beach to Miami this season so check us out. I am also playing with Jon Greco (http://jonathangreco.com) and gigging "acoustic" as a duo. Our sets consist of originals and multiple covers, the likes of Dylan, Buffet, Counting Crows, Prine, DMB, etc. Previously to moving to Florida, I spent most of the last 9 years or so playing in Humpback Wail, an original music rock band, formed and based in Chicago.(http://www.myspace.com/humpbackwail)or(www.humpback wail.com) We are currently on hiatus. Whew... and occaisionally I am playing with Kristen Cappiello(http://www.myspace.com/cappiellorecords)as well. She is an exciting and pleasing singer/songwriter who does a wide variety of covers and some excellent originals. She is very original in her approach and we play very well together. I believe all good things in all good time. I believe that a day you don't learn something is a wasted day. I believe that God has a purpose for me and I am forever a work in progress.

My Interests

My God, my family and my friends. My music, drums, more music, women, anything I can do in or next to the ocean, Chicago, the Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, the U of Michigan, pizza, people watching, baseball, hockey, skiing (water and snow), skateboarding, surfing, body boarding, snorkeling, tennis, foosball, skinny skiing, going to bull fights on acid, and laughin' at White Sux, Notre Dame and NASCAR fans!

I'd like to meet:

Besides someone to share my life with? God, Eddie Van Halen, John Hiatt, Stewart Copeland, Bill Clinton, George Bush(in a dark alley), Michael Jordan, sort of did but Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Westerberg, Jimmy Buffet, Tommy Lee, Mick, Keith, Ron & Charlie, Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, Neil Young, Bob Weir and Bill Kruetzman, Mark Knopfler, Simon Horrocks, Louie Bellson, Carter Beuford, Steve Stone, Derek Lee, Ryne Sandberg, Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzky, Jeremy Roenick, Madonna, Shania Twain, Belinda Carlisle, Julia Roberts, Jamie Presley, Heather Locklear, Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards, Harrison Ford, Ralph Lauren, Tom Curren, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Kelly Slater, I did meet Lance Mountain,Ted Koppel, Steve Dahl, George Carlin, Bill Mahr, Prince, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Moore

Music:

Besides my bands Natural Habit,Humpback Wail and Jon Greco, I have eclectic tastes; John Hiatt, Buffet, Replacements and Paul Westerburg, Grateful Dead(55 shows), Dylan, Van Halen, DMB, Little Feat, Bon Jovi, Beach Boys, Sinatra, Frank D'Rone, Kurt Elling, Stones, Allmans, Dire Straits, Police, Metallica, Goo, Foo, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Santana, Jackson Browne, Mellencamp, Aerosmith (before Pump), Alice in Chains, Beasties, Crue, SRV, Chevelle, Prince, Zep, Eagles, Surf Punks, classical symphonic, jazz standards & big band, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Fleetwood Mac, Freddy Jones, Urge Overkill, Sex Pistols, Cult, Duran Duran, Alabama, Hank, Willy. Hell, I've even been known to tap my foot to Kelly Clarkson. Sshh, don't tell my band mates.

Movies:

Jaws,without question the greatest. Fast Times, Caddyshack, Warriors, Goodfellas, A Few Good Men, Platoon, Fletch, Vacation and European Vacation, Johnny Dangerously, Strange Brew, Surf II, anything 007, Resivoir Dogs, Mosquito Coast, North by Northwest, Charade', Sound of Music, Grease, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Jacob's Ladder, New Jack City, Boogie Nights, anything Hitchcock, Clerks I & II, Office Space, Dazed and Confused, Napoleon Dynamite

Television:

Simpsons, Seinfeld, sports(especially my Cubs), O'Reilly Factor, news, Conan, Family Guy, Discovery, A&E, History, AMC, TCM, C.S.I., Law and Order, MTV when it was music

Books:

Jaws, Catcher in the Rye, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,Motley Crue "The Dirt", The Replacements "It's All Over But The Shouting"

Heroes:

God, my parents, my grand parents.