History

Career Highlights

  • Started playing guitar in 1993
  • Started playing percussion in 1992.
  • Started playing drum set in 2000.
  • Studied music at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fl in 2003.
  • Attained an Associate of Arts degree from SFCC, 2004
  • Began attending University of Florida for percussion performance in 2004.
  • Attained a Bachelor of Arts degree from UF, 2007.
  • Began Attending the Collective School of Music in New York City studying drum set in 2008.
  • Joined Troubles Afoot (2007-2009)
  • Joined the Communication Corporation (2008)
  • Received a certificate of completion from the Collective in 2009.
  • Moved to Los Angeles in 2009
  • Began teaching drums, percussion, guitar, bass, voice, piano, and music theory at Musician’s Depot, Thousand Oaks, Ca (2010 – 2019)
  • Joined Tahiti Shuttle Experiment (instrumental progressive surf) (2010 – present)
  • Joined Action 45 (melodic punk) (2010 – 2016), featured on the album “Bastards of America” (2010-2015)
  • Joined Gabrielle Wortman (singer songwriter) (2010)
  • Cofounded T3mpest w/ Gabrielle Wortman (indy rock) (2013)
  • Joined 3 Balls of Fire (instrumental surf/exotica); 2013 – present
  • Joined Smoke Season (indy rock) (2014-2017)
  • Featured on Smoke Season’s “Hot Coals, Cold Souls” album (2014)
  • Joined Davie Allan and the Arrows (instrumental garage/surf) (2014 – 2016), featured on the album “50th Anniversary” (2015)
  • Co-founded the M-Squad (instrumental jazz/tv and movie themes) (2014 – present)
  • Joined Insect Surfers (2016)
  • Featured on Coco Jadad‘s “[No Name]” on Columbia Records (2016)
  • Featured on Insect Surfers’ “Datura Moon” album (2017)
  • Joined VNV Nation as North American touring drummer (2017)
  • Teaching drum set and hand percussion with Arts Alive (2018)
  • Joined Surfer Joe as touring drummer (2018)
  • Featured on Troubles Afoot’s album “Looking For Parking” (2018)
  • Began teaching at Music & Arts as a private lesson music instructor (2019-Present)
  • Featured on the M-Squad’s “Live On The Sunset Strip” album on Steel Derrick Music (2019)
  • Joined The Cabbys (2019-Present)
  • Tours (regional, national, international) include; the Monistats, the Communication Corporation, Wolfy Lonesome, Davie Allan and the Arrows, 3 Balls of Fire, Smoke Season, VNV Nation, Insect Surfers, Surfer Joe