Born and raised in Columbus Ohio, I caught the music bug early. When I was 7 years old, my best friends father was in the entertainment business. Hanging out at rehearsals and on the tour buses sold me on the
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Born and raised in Columbus Ohio, I caught the music bug early. When I was 7 years old, my best friends father was in the entertainment business. Hanging out at rehearsals and on the tour buses sold me on the
idea of being a
musician, or at the very least, a drummer. All this lead to
spending my high school years at Fort Hayes vocational
school for music and Capital University Conservatory of
Music for college. The diversity in Columbus gave the
chance to play with many great players doing many different
styles - from Big Band and Brazilian to Afro-Cuban and
Fusion. All the while, I was doing my share of rock and top
40 gigs. I moved to Nashville in the summer of 1999.
Working as a freelance drummer in Nashville has taken me
all over the U.S. and overseas to places like Japan and the
Middle East. The country music scene keeps me busy all over
Nashville- in the Lower Broadway District, the Blue Bird
Café and the Grand Ole Opry - and on tour both regionally
and nationally, including the Wrights, Mark Selby, Eddy
Raven, and Billy Dean . I've been asked to sub one or two
gigs for some great folks like SheDaisy, Jo Dee Messina,
Danielle Peck and Steve Holy. The large number of great
songwriters in this town keep me going full time both live
and in the studio. I've been able to hang up my name tag
and hair net for good!
Born and raised in Columbus Ohio, I caught the music bug early. When I was 7 years old, my best friends father was in the entertainment business. Hanging out at rehearsals and on the tour buses sold me on the