Inspiration…creativity…drive…patience…flow…all of that and more has fueled the past 3-year stretch of making music. At the end of 2019, just before we were all locked in for a worldwide pandemic, I had started tracking songs for my first solo album while developing plans to turn Read More …
Tag: Original Music
By The Numbers Album Release!
By The Numbers album is here! This collection of 11 drum beats, grooves and instrumentals is a follow-up solo album to That GTown Sound. These rhythm-focus tracks are punctuated by moody trumpet, bass and piano melodies interweaved with groovy drum breaks. By The Numbers was Read More …
Red Hot Empty Album Delivers
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 …
By The Numbers Album Progress
By The Numbers, the forthcoming follow-up solo album to That GTown Sound is progressing right along inside GTown Studio. Two singles have already been released, and more than half of the album is recorded and mixed. I’m really excited with how each song is changing Read More …
Stone Dresden Turns 30
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 …
Already Taking On 2022!
Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl! As I look out at the year ahead for One Drummer Drumming, it’s the vinyl releases that top the list. Normally I would have timed the vinyl to drop on the same day that each album was released digitally, but current long Read More …
That GTown Sound
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 …
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 …
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 …