History

Career Highlights

  • Tours (regional, national, international) include:
    • The Sweet Kill – European Tour (2025), Slay the Dragon European Tour (2026)
    • VNV Nation – Automatic Empire tour (2017), Noire North and South American tours (2019), Electric Sun North American tour (2023-2024)
    • Insect Surfers – Various US west coast and east coast regional tours, multiple headlining positions at festivals such as the Surf Guitar 101 Convention (2017, 2019, 2025), Surf by Surf East (2025), and others.
    • Surfer Joe – North American tours (2018 and 2019) including the Surf Guitar 101 Convention (2019), High Tide Summer Holiday festival (2019)
    • 3 Balls of Fire – various west coast regional tours (2015-2017)
    • Davie Allan and the Arrows (2015-2016) – US west coast tour, including headlining the Surf Guitar 101 Convention (2015)
    • Smoke Season – multiple US west coast tours (2014 – 2017)
    • Wolfy Lonesome and the Devil’s Band – US national tour (2009)
    • the Communication Corporation – US east coast tour (2008)
    • The Monistats – Multiple US south east regional tours (2004-2007)
  • Joined the Sweet Kill as live drummer (2025-present)
  • Featured on Karolina Rose’s (Karolina Protsenko on social media) original musical recordings (2025-present)
  • Featured on Anique‘s 2024 album “When It’s Raining”
  • Telly Award winner for Industry Music for work with Sejo Navajas, Daniel Alfanador Jimenez, and Andreas Sandnes (2021)
  • Began teaching at Music & Arts as a private lesson music instructor (2019-2022)
  • Joined The Cabbys (2019-Present) and featured on the album “Songs to Get Weird To” (2022)
  • Joined Surfer Joe as touring drummer (2018-2019)
  • Teaching drum set and hand percussion with Arts Alive (2018)
  • Joined VNV Nation as a touring drummer (2017)
  • Featured on Insect Surfers’ “Datura Moon” album (2017) and several tracks for complications and “best of” albums.
  • Featured on Coco Jadad‘s “[No Name]” on Columbia Records (2016)
  • Joined Insect Surfers (2016)
  • Co-founded the M-Squad (instrumental jazz/tv and movie themes) (2014 – present)
    • Featured on “Live On The Sunset Strip” (2019) and “To Kill a Dead Man” (2025) albums on Steel Derrick Music
  • Joined Davie Allan and the Arrows (instrumental garage/surf) (2014 – 2016), featured on the album “50th Anniversary” (2015)
  • Joined Smoke Season (indy rock) (2014-2017)
    • Featured on Smoke Season’s “Hot Coals, Cold Souls” album (2014). Single, “Opaque”, garnered more than 7mil streams on Spotify alone.
  • Joined 3 Balls of Fire (instrumental surf/exotica); 2013 – present
  • Cofounded T3mpest w/ Gabrielle Wortman (indy rock) (2013)
  • Featured on Jack’s Mannequin’s “Hey Mr. Tambourine Man” for the Amnesty Internation album “Chimes for Freedom” (2012, Jim Wirt Producer)
  • Joined Gabrielle Wortman (singer songwriter) (2010)
  • Joined Action 45 (melodic punk) (2010 – 2016), featured on the album “Bastards of America” (2010)
  • Joined Tahiti Shuttle Experiment (instrumental progressive surf) (2010 – 2016)
  • Began teaching drums, percussion, guitar, bass, voice, piano, and music theory at Musician’s Depot, Thousand Oaks, Ca (2010 – 2019)
  • Moved to Los Angeles in 2009
  • Attended the Collective School of Music in New York City studying drum (2008)
  • Joined the Communication Corporation (2008)
  • Joined Troubles Afoot (2007-2009)
    • Featured on Troubles Afoot‘s album “Looking For Parking” (2018)
  • Attended University of Florida for percussion performance (2004)
    • Earned the Bachelor of Arts degree (2007)
  • Attended Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fl (2003)
    • Earned the Associate of Arts degree in music (2004)
  • Started playing drum set in 2000
  • Started playing guitar in 1993
  • Started playing percussion in 1992