Born in Sarnia, I started playing drums
at an early age. My first influences
include; Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and ACDC. I was taking
lessons from Scott Douglas, who had done the music program at Humber
College. He started turning me on to jazz, Steve Gadd, and basically
opened my ears up--Thanks Scott!
After high school, I started studying at
Humber College in Toronto, it was a great experience, a top notch
faculty. Many of the people I play with today are friends I met
there.
I took a cruise ship gig immediately upon
graduating--saw some great places (circumnavigated South
America)--cool!!, and put my reading chops to work.
I've since toured Canada several times, The
UK, Sweden, Germany and The Middle East.
Among playing and recording with a wide
range of bands in the Toronto area, I have the honour and pleasure
of performing with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee-Rik
Emmett--great musician, and a wonderful band.
Thanks for visiting this site, questions,
comments, or just to say hi----
churchydrums@yahoo.com
see my new live space!
http://churchydrums.spaces.live.com/