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John

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Welp, I am living in Oak Park with my beautiful girlfriend Elizabeth and our cats Zoey and Tabby. I am in the Business School at Wayne State majoring in Marketing and I hope to be done sometime in the near future...we will see how it goes. I work in sales (and that is all you need to know...I don't need people harrasing me at work!)I also work as a musician and currently have 2 bands that I am playing with. I am currently the full time drummer for the Robert Abate band, an amazing 7-piece funk/rock band in the Detroit area that is getting bigger by the second! We were just recently picked up to play the MGM Grand Casino at the end of Feb. and have many other gigs set up for Jan., Feb., and March. I will try to post all the gigs if anyone is interested in coming out...it would be cool to see you there.I am also playing with the After Five Jazz Trio with the amzaing Jack Rock on piano and the "Kata-man" on bass...he is without a doubt one of the most solid bass player I have ever had the pleasure of working with. We have a lot planned for the future and I just received word that will be in the studio in March to cut a 5-song Demo! I will keep you posted!

My Interests

Music, mountain biking...anything outdoors! Elizabeth thinks I have an obsession with drums and cymbals...I call it an interest...she says obsession...who is to say in this crazy world! I am also interested in home remodeling and fixing things around the DAMN house...I mean, Elizabeth tells me I am interested in it...but I'm really not...don't tell her, cool? I also love hanging out with my friends at the bar...past couple of weeks hanging out with Brian, Marty, Amy and Steph and Jason have been really cool! Jason has also hipped me to a new found love for Pub Keno, or what ever the hell it is call!

I'd like to meet:

Man, if I could meet any of the old-school jazz musicians that have inspired me through out my life that would be "it" for me! Miles (but he probably wouldn't talk to me)..., Coltrane, Monk any of those guys. I wouldn't want to talk any music to them...I would just talk about life with them. We all know what they were doing with regard to their playing, we can hear it, but to sit down and find out what kind of people they were and how they lived there life would be really nice! I would also like to meet Dave Garibaldi (the drummer from Tower of Power), again. I meet him one time when I was about 15 Y.O. at Huber Breese Music, but I didn't know who he was at the time...Needless to say I would like to buy him a beer. I would also like to meet Conan O'brien. I think he is one of the funniest guys out there and to hang out with him would be incredible! Man...when I think about it, there are a lot of people I would like to meet...to many to list!

Music:

Man, to many to list...but I don't like most popular music. Gnarles Barkley...Just ask Billiam about those guys!

Movies:

Hmmm...There a few good ones out there. Can't think of to many right now...I will get back to you.

Television:

Don't generally watch it except for the simpsons and family guy...there is nothing good on anyways!

Books:

Modern Drummer Magazine??