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Red Hot Empty

April 17 @ Sabbath Brewing

April 29 @ Ellijay Makerspace

May 27 @ Sweetwater

June 3 @ Boggs

Corridors Album Out Now!

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Category: Originals

Red Hot Empty Album Delivers

Posted onDecember 27, 2022December 27, 2022

From our first jam eight months ago, it was as if it was already written in the universe that Red Hot Empty would have an album by year’s end, and a welcomed presence throughout Atlanta’s punk scene. A week after our first jam we played Read More …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsAnalog Revolution, Home Studio, Mike Gruwell, Mike Gruwell Drums, Original Music, Red Hot Empty

Stone Dresden Turns 30

Posted onJanuary 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Stone Dresden came together in 1991, and became the first post-high school band for 4 kids from the Eastside. We all grew up within walking distance of each other, but it was the guitar/bass duo of Chad McCollum and Shawn Psachos who were childhood friends Read More …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsJack Endino, Mike Gruwell Drums, Original Music, Seattle Music Scene, Stone Dresden

New Solo Album Released

Posted onJuly 30, 2021July 30, 2021

The new album is complete! I ended up with 11 songs at just under 30 minutes total. I decided to stop there as it felt these songs had a fairly common musical theme from being written and recorded over the past year at my home Read More …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsDrum Album, Instrumental Album, Jack Endino, Jamie Gruwell, Mike Gruwell Drums, Nathan Gruwell, One Drummer Drumming, Stephanie Gruwell

That GTown Sound

Posted onJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 2021

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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsDrum Music, Drum Video, Mike Gruwell Drums, Original Music, Piano & Drums, Piano Music

The Essential Tracks: ’88-’94

Posted onJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020

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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsBandcamp, Black Moses, Compilation CD, DFL, Eastside Hardcore, Jack Endino, Joel Ross, Mike Gruwell, Seattle Music, Stone Dresden

Black Moses Was Here…

Posted onJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020

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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTags90s Music, Black Moses, Carl Smith, Chad McCollum, Issac Hayes, Mike Gruwell, Seattle Music Scene, Shawn Psachos

New Original For 2020!

Posted onJanuary 3, 2020January 3, 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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTags2020 Music, Bass & Drums, Djembe, Drum Video, Home Studio, Mike Gruwell Drums, Original Music

Jamie’s Bass Riff…

Posted onDecember 30, 2019December 30, 2019

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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsBass & Drums, GoPro, Home Studio, Jamie Gruwell, Original Music, Trumpet

That Low Bass Song…

Posted onNovember 17, 2019November 17, 2019

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 …

CategoriesOriginalsTagsBass & Drums, Drum Video, Home Studio, Mike Gruwell Drums, Original Music

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