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A DRUMMER OF MANY STYLES,METAL IS WHAT SEEMS TO DRIVE ME AND WHAT I LOVE THE MOST!! MY MUSICAL DRUMMING INFLUENCES THAT I LOVE TO HEAR PLAY LIVE ARE--DAN ERLANDSSON--ARCH ENEMY--PAUL BOSTAPH--TESTAMENT--MIKE WRENGREN--DISTURBED--JASON BITTNER--SHADOWS FALL--SHANNON LARKIN--GODSMACK/ANOTHER ANIMAL--TOM HUNTING--EXODUS AND A FEW OTHER NOTABLES ARE-- VAN WILLIAMS--NEVERMORE-- MIKKEY DEE--KING DIAMOND---DAVE LOMBARDO--GRIP INC/TESTAMENT/SLAYER--AND SCOTT TRAVIS--JUDAS PRIEST/FIGHT-- I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE A STYLE THAT IS ALL MY OWN AND IS HARD TO MATCH, AND THOSE THAT HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE IT, ALWAYS COME BACK FOR MORE!! SOME OTHER BANDS OF MY PAST THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF IS MY FIRST PROJECT-- ABSTRACT--A 70'S AND 80'S COVER BAND, CAUSTIC BURN--AND MY ORIGINAL THRASH BAND FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS, PANIC EFFECT!! ALL MY PROJECTS THAT I HAVE A PART OF HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN!!I HAVE BEEN A FILL IN DRUMMER FOR A FEW OTHER LOCAL BANDS AND WAS A DRUM TECH FOR THRASH LOCALS WRATH FOR 5 YEARS!! BUT MY NEWEST CHALLENGE IS BEING A DRUM TEACHER FOR MY STUDENTS!! IT SUCH A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO TEACH SOMETHING YOU LOVE AND WATCH MY STUDENTS GROW WITH THERE LESSONS!! I AM ALSO AVAILABLE TO DO FILL INS FOR BANDS LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER PART TIME,STUDIO WORK, AND MY GOAL IS TO JOIN A TOURING GROUP LOOKING FOR MY SERVICES!!