i started drumming at 13 here in LA..i took lesons from michael barsimonto then and he's still a friend all these years later..i then studied with irv gershenz through high school..after that in 1988 i went to p.i.t. for a year and from 1989-93 earned a bfa in world music from cal arts..after that i toured with a one ring circus for 2 years and since then its been a long haul playing with a lot of original bands and artists,making records,touring, not making money ,making money, not, teaching but always playing for the song ,music, and the people that show up..if i have to name drop a few folks i got to play with tommy mars of zappa's band, doug fieger of the knack, bassist tim bogert come to mind..ive also shared stages(i know its been done way too much) with bands like particle, dirty dozen brass, jerry joseph, ozomatli, ed mann, marvin etzioni, karl denson, and x among others..currently i play with a blues rock guitarist named jeremiah roiko and ive started a drummimg podcast where i interview cats about well drums, music,live ect.. and have 22 episodes as of now..some guests include jack johnson's adam topol, barsimonto, butch norton, jason hann formerly of the string cheese incident and dean butterworth among others..
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hey man i just checked out some of your podcasts. they are awesome!!!
can i do one with you someday?
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