Friday.07.04. 2008

This Spring, I started drumming for a new Warner Brothers Records Nashville artist named Whitney Duncan. I really enjoy playing her music, and she is so nice to work with. It seems like everybody I am meeting in this camp is very talented at what they do...the rest of the band, her producer, management, label, booking...(the list goes on). Her first single "When I Said I Would" was released on iTunes in June, and was downloaded close to 343,000 times in just the first week! In May, me and the rest of Whitney's band shot two videos with her for the first two singles. I've seen some initial edits of the videos, and they are looking great.
Posted: 12:56.AM.CST

Monday.08.27. 2007

We started tracking the new Andrew Peterson album at my studio recently. Some of the usual suspects are playing on this recording: Matt Pierson, Andy Gullahorn, and Ben Shive. Great music and much laughter happen when this group gets together.
Posted: 04:40.PM.CST

Sunday.08.26. 2007

You should know that I really enjoy Derek Webb’s music. It was a treat to be able to do some shows with him this Spring following the Mark Schultz tour. Check out his latest album “The Ringing Bell”.
Posted: 01:49.PM.CST

Saturday.08.25. 2007

The Mark Schultz “Broken and Beautiful” tour was a big success. 60 shows across the United States with good music, good production, good times. The Big Daddy Weave guys (the openers) were a nice bunch to hang with. Thanks to the many that came out to see the concerts!
Posted: 09:39.PM.CST

Monday.11.27. 2006

I visited many cities this Fall on the Mark Schultz "Broken and Beautiful" tour. Everyone on the tour seemed to have a good time. We met some nice people, and experienced some terrific catering! Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows!
Posted: 09:07.PM.CST

Wednesday.06.28. 2006

My schedule was kind of crazy leading up to Andrew Osenga’s recent show in Nashville. I was slated to play drums for his CD release concert on Tuesday of last week, and I didn’t have much time to think about the event beforehand. I began to understand during Tuesday evening’s soundcheck that something remarkable was about to happen: great music with good friends. Several of us in the band played for both Matthew Perryman Jones and Andy--Matthew did a great job by the way. As we were playing that night, I began to feel a deep joy. Perhaps it was because the songs inspired me; it could have been that I was having fun with the drum parts, and my drums sounded great with Frank mixing the house; maybe it was that we were really dynamic as a band that night; it might have been that we enjoyed playing loud, with liberty. My joy may have been spurred on by any of those things, partly, but I realized before the night was through that it was a very special evening mostly because this music occurred within and around this community of people. I highly recommend Andy’s music, and I count myself blessed to be a co-worker, friend, and spiritual brother.
Posted: 03:14.AM.CST

Thursday.06.08. 2006

So the Jars of Clay guys asked me to play drums for a show that took place last weekend. It was a “There’s no rehearsal but here’s a board tape” show…which was fine. Not ideal, but fine. It was a new set for them, and I had never played the songs. We thought that we would at least have a little time during our afternoon sound check to run over any songs that needed more attention. The morning of the show, I flew in from Pittsburgh, where I had played for Chris Rice the night before. (Have I mentioned that everyone in Chris’ camp are great people?) Jars were bussing in from Nashville that day. After I landed, I learned that their bus broke down on the way to the show, but that they would be coming in later that day…which turned out to be several hours later. They finally pulled up in another bus only twenty minutes before our show time. We quickly unloaded and set up our gear. We (briefly) made sure that we could (generally) hear each instrument in the monitors, and then we just started the set. We rocked…thank God for board tapes. How great it was to work with these guys who I’ve been in Nashville with for years.
Posted: 02:50.PM.CST