As a musician I've really taken the all-around approach to drumming to heart modeling my career after personal heros Chris McHugh, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, and Jeff Porcaro. All of these drummers can play just about anything they want to, in any style of music, and that's really become my goal as a drummer.

Switching Gears.

I continue to work tirelessly in the practice room, studio, and on the road to develop the best chops I can in all different styles of music. I've really become a lot like a chameleon where I am able to quickly change and adapt to the musical situation I am playing in. That is what professional drumming is all about. The hope is to be flexible, powerful, artsy, and technically skilled all at the same time.

What it's all about.

To me drumming is cutting through the noise in the world to communicate music through rhythm all for the Glory of God. So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
(1 Corinthians 10:31)

Team Emmett

Team Emmett is all about a best friend of mine and his battle with cancer. Emmett is an amazing percussionist and drumset player here in Nashville. More importantly, he's an incredible man of God, an awesome husband and father, and one of my closest friends. Reading about his battle should inspire you no matter who you are.

Current Blog Post

To Click or not to Click

Updated on 08-24-2010

I had a really interesting conversation with a drummer friend of mine last week about playing with a click track, and it inspired me to write a little ditty about it. He basically said that he wasn't being asked to play in church as frequently because he was having trouble staying with the click track. Now I won't agree that this is a wise way for churches to choose their players, but without going into a huge rant about church "auditions" I'l…

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