I started playing drums in the fifth grade In Bloomington, Indiana, taking private lessons and playing in school bands for 5 years. I then began playing and recording in local bands for the next 13 years in Bloomington through out High School, College, and beyond. I recorded with Dragstrip, and released a CD in 1994 on Shredder Records titled “Reaction Time”. In 1998, I moved to San Francisco and resumed my musical education by studying drum set with Robert Danielson, former drummer for Beach Blanket Babylon. I have also continued to play and record with area bands. I have played with the City College Big Band and I played drums on demo CD recordings for San Francisco based bands, Lessick’s Kid and Bug. I was employed as the drummer for the musical “With Relish”, by Morris Bobrow in 2004. I currently play in a band called Bug with MFT member Hans Winold. I married my wife Caroline in 2005. We have four sons.
What bands are you or have you been in?
Peace Dykes, Go Mango, Dragstrip, Snuff Queen, Lessick's Kid, The SinThetics, Chum, Bug
Good to hear from you!! What are you up to these days? It has been so long and I havve been so out of touch. I never intended for it to happen like that, life just led me down a path I had no idea was coming my way.
Thomas...ive started uploading pictures onto this site,i will put so many on a night & then claire will load her batch she wanted too use that were not the same as mine...so keep checking back my hot wing friend.
Hey Thomas,thanx for having me & Claire on board around your house...you family is great. You can find Claire in my friends list & by no later than this time next week i should have our Frisco trip pictures posted.
Thomas! Long time. Late eighties? Something like that. I just saw your Mom a few years ago; my sister Ellen is back in Bloomington with her son Nathaniel, and Tonia came over with bagels. We had a nice time. Nice looking family you have there, congratulations.
I'm great! Your family is really beautiful, but that doesn't surprise me cause your beautiful! (inside and out) I'm still livin in B-town, well actually I just moved back, and I'm preparing to go back to FL. Next Jan/Feb. (can't wait for that!) and I'm just hangin out working and raising my 3 sons.
Hey Man! Nice lookin' buncha rugrats you got there. I've got a daughter myself, guess I should get some pics up of her but I always figure people will check the myspace if they're really interested. Still in SF eh? haven't made it back yet but I figure it'll still be there. Was gonna hit the States this last Summer but the planets never aligned... At this point I might as well make it an even decade.
Haven't updated that website in 5 years or so but it gives the feel... I may have matured but the bar sure hasn't. Love to you and yours.
OMG, I had totally forgotten. I looked at your pics. Your family is gorgeous! Nice work! I remember you as one of the nicest guys I ever knew. I am sure you are still the same. Nice to hear from you.
I think it's funny that Jeb called out my lack of CD when we were roommates at the ballroom. My love of vinyl and detestation of the CD format runs along this line.
1971 - 1976 - a nearly constant stream of music from my dad's record collection esp…
My good friends at MFT asked me to write something about where I think the music industry is going over the next ten years. In other words, my good friends at MFT have invited me to set myself up to look like a total idiot in ten years. Regular…
My good friends at MFT asked me to write something about where I think the music industry is going over the next ten years. In other words, my good friends at MFT have invited me to set myself up to look like a total idiot in ten years. Regular MF…
interesting. Now if you could actually hit a button and somewhere a large jukebox would find the album, put it on the turntable and stream it, that would be something!
Oh, and the records from my parent's collection that really launched me? Their collection of "original Broadway cast" musicals made me think about telling stories through music; Allan Sherman's "My Son the Nut" taught me that music can be both serio…
I’ve probably mentioned this before here at MFT, but the first time I really, REALLY wanted a particular recording and found out it was only available on CD...late July of ‘95...that was one of the saddest days of my life. Crushing. I’m not sure jus…
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Haven't updated that website in 5 years or so but it gives the feel... I may have matured but the bar sure hasn't. Love to you and yours.
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