What is that GTown Sound? It’s born out of how you feel when you’re inside the purple eclectic GTown Stüdio here. It’s the sense of a calming peace yet your mind is on fire with creativity. It starts with a silky smooth bass or piano Read More …
Wanna Drum at Church?
Have you watched the drummers at your local church and thought about asking to see if they need more help, but just aren’t sure if you’re ready for all that’s involved? In 2015, I approached my church worship team and have been serving behind the Read More …
The Essential Tracks: ’88-’94
This CD mixtape of sorts really came about because my sister asked for a CD of all the bands I used to be in. I tried to record all the cassette tapes to a CD several years ago, but always ran into some technical issue Read More …
Rogers Drum Kit History
In the middle of my first year of junior high school, I decided to switch from trumpet to drums. Using the money from a neighborhood paper route, I was able to purchase my first kit with the help of my parents: a Rogers R-360 kit. Read More …
Black Moses Was Here…
Listening to Black Moses will transport you back to an early ’90s Seattle where the music scene was blowing up, yet most bands were just struggling to be heard, get gigs and stay together long enough to get noticed. To get to the essence of Read More …
New Original For 2020!
Check out this new original that started out with a bass melody I recorded. I then tracked the drums over that and decided to added a bit of djembe to round it out. The drums were recorded with 3 mics: Audix D6 at the bass Read More …
Jamie’s Bass Riff…
My son Jamie plays Double Bass for the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra in their Camerata Orchestra. He also dabbles a little bit on electric bass, acoustic guitar and drums. This song came from a 3-note riff that included double stops (two notes played at the Read More …
NGD: Ludwig Acrolite Snare
My goto snare for more than 20 years has been a 14″ Tama Piccolo, but one of the lugs finally gave way last week. Turns out the hardware for my version of the Tama Piccolo was long gone. So it was off to search for Read More …
That Low Bass Song…
These riffs in this song have been in my head for years…like at least 20. And it wasn’t until I hopped back on the drums in 2015, and decided to also start recording myself, that I finally actually tracked what was in my head. So Read More …