Here are some samples of tracks I've played on throughout the years, warts and all.

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Acoustic Drums

15 songs, 7 bands

Electronic Drums

18 songs, 5 bands

Zendrum

17 songs, 8 bands

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Alternative

11 songs, 3 bands

Ambient

1 song, 1 band

Americana

5 songs, 3 bands

Blues

4 songs, 2 bands

Electronic

14 songs, 2 bands

Folk

0 songs, 1 band

Jazz

3 songs, 1 band

New Age

5 songs, 2 bands

Pop

0 songs, 1 band

Rock

7 songs, 4 bands

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2009

Lotus Dog

   (Alternative)

"The Love"

This was the first group that I ever played 100% Zendrum with and it was quite fun. The artist had previously recorded a demo with an old-school, synth-based drum machine, so I tried to emulate that sound as much as I could. The end result was a bit weird as the drums sound both simulataneously dated and fresh to me. All these tracks were taken from a rehearsal with no additional engineering so they're a bit rough around the edges. [download]

"Anytime"

Super fun song to play on Zendrum once it kicks in. Basically I played the groove on my right hand while my left was all over the toms. [download]

"Reflection"

If I'm remembering correctly this was just a stock kit off of an Alesis DM-Pro. Certainly a dated sound, but it fit the circumstances. [download]

"Journey"

Pretty sure I played this entire ballad with one hand -- gotta love the Zendrum :) [download]

"Message In a Bottle"

The one cover that we did. In retrospect it needed far more snare and fills. [download]

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2007

Hadley Hill

   (Alternative)

"The Final Nail"

This was our heaviest tune, although it certainly doesn't start out that way. The beginning consists of just light hihat and cross sticking, but by the end of the song I'm wailing on pretty much every surface I've got! [download]

"Underwater"

This is the track we started our sets with. Nothing flashy, just a song designed to grab attention and set the tone for the first part of the set. Drumming-wise things are fairly subdued -- main goal with this one is to just hold down the fort. [download]

"Like Water In the Lungs"

This was one of the more complicated songs that we did as far as structure goes. There's quite a bit happening in here. My playing on this one was constantly in flux as I couldn't ever seem to decide on a part that I was consistently happy with. [download]

"That's the Spirit"

Not much to say here except, 'I gotta have more.... sleigh bell! [download]

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2000

Motion Control

   (Alternative)

"Storm"

I really liked the tightness of the drums on this one.. the cross-sticking, the tom flams and the syncopated breakdown in the middle. My splashes make a rare appearence in here as well. There is a false ending followed by an instrumental breakdown. About as classy as we got on this album. [download]

"Technophase"

The original demo for this was done on a drum machine. My instructions were to 'keep it the same, but make it more organic'. Well, this is what you wind up with. I remember having to concentrate on staying awake when playing this one. Just sitting in the pocket like that always make me zone out. I think you can count the total number of crashes in here on one hand ;). Oh and it fades out at the end because, well, there never was an ending. When we would rehearse it, we'd just sorta stop after a while. I do remember we played this once at an outdoor concert. I don't recall how we ended it then though. [download]

"Unchained"

The artist I was working for on this album had a strong dislike for ride cymbals and wanted nothing but hats on everything. We butted heads on this constantly, but in the end I'm glad I conceded. This song in particular would have been ruined if I had switched to the ride for the choruses. In the end, sticking to hats-only really helped focus the sound and I'm very happy how it turned out. [download]

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