from 2010... needs to be updated.... I've been involved in a professional music context for too long to count! 30 years or more if you want to include what was probably my first gig with a friends uncle at a legion when i was about 16 years 'young'.. This past year (2010) I've been blessed to be able to play with a very diverse and great group of musicians/performers: Nico Rhodes, Marisha Devoin, Doug Dodd, Joelle Rabu, Darcy Phillips,Tony Wilson, Scott White, Sara Jeanne Hosie, Miles Black, Monik Nordine, Joanna Finch, Sean Mooney, Aaron Cadwaladr , Nathan Tinkham, and many other musicians deserving of wider recognition - James Darling, Cam Wigmore, Brad Shipley, Marty Hilchey as well as the fine musicians involved in a project called "The Big Bossa". Drums are my primary instrument, however I've ventured into doing gigs the past few years on piano. Piano has mostly been a vehicle to write songs and have fun noodling on... In the early part of 2009 I played drums for the Western Edge Theatre company in a show called The Angry Inch. I was also given the opportunity to perform A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline at the Chemainus Theatre in early 2010 with a host of great musicians and actor/actresses and theatre people.. I am presently involved in doing a fall tour of this same production in the Vancouver area and B.C. interior fall 2010.. This is being co-produced by the Chemainus and The Arts Club Theatre.. Also on another fun note, Marisha Devoin has put together a 9 piece funk band called 'The Mo' which I'm presently a part of...
I really enjoy writing which is different then live performance. Some of the songs I've written in the past year along with ones previously released on cd's and etc. can be heard by visiting the 'song' page..
I also enjoy teaching at Long and McQuade and very sporadically at our house here in Nanaimo.. I derive a great deal of pleasure and inspiration thru teaching drums. I feel I've benefited from the many students I've been involved with over the past 7 years here in Nanaimo more then they could ever imagine! Life feels like a great gift and I am very grateful for this.. Thanks to the many students I've been able to spend time with. I hope you've benefited as much thru the process as I have thru you...
