Digital Delay

In the early 90s, thanks to two great friends and the wonders of digital recording, I played drums on a CD with Tom Grant and Dave Captein without even knowing about it.

The original sessions for the album were shelved for a half dozen years, unearthed, and nearly everything played in the original sessions was stripped off except my drumming and…

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The Cover Band - Vintage 1985

If you are professional musician that grew up in the decades I did, and you play drum set, then you probably played in a cover band at some point. While I must admit that there was a time when I would have loved to have played in a rock band, that time has passed. These days I’m much happier working out my…

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Alien Jazz

Some days, work really is play, and recording this song was one of those times.

Even though I grew up in the 60s and 70s of last century, I didn’t listen much to the music of my time. I was listening to music from the 40s and 50s, and all the rock and roll of “my generation” was actually quite alien to me. So having a…

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Recording a Jazz Drummer

This is a great article I ran across online and it touches on a very important concept:

“Jazz drummers relate to their kits in a different way then pop/rock players do. They tend to regard their entire drum kit – snare, kick, toms and cymbals – as a single, integrated instrument, rather than separate elements.”

That’s a HUGE concept, and can make or break a…

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