drumset: Austin, Los Angeles, NYC; including - noisetet, the Bonedaddys, Kevin O'Neal (Busboys, Navigator), (a cup of fine coffee with) Syd Straw; Dave Alvin, Don Falzone, bluesman Osee Anderson; Grammy Award winners Los Super 7 (southwest live shows: Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez, Cesar Rosas, David Hidalgo, Joe Ely, Rick Trevino, et al.), James McMurtry, Eric Johnson (w/Pressure), Rick Trevino, Chris Duarte, Joel Guzman/Sarah Fox/Aztex, Joe Ely, Jonathan Clay, Mason Ruffner, Papa Mali, The Killer Bees (R.I.P. Michael); Alex Coke, Michael Haaga, Doug Hall, Cruel 13 (the late John Campbell's band: Mark Grandfield, Zonder Kennedy, Jimmy Pettit), Brian Groder, Jon Paris, Michael Parrish; Charlie Giordano, Susie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell; Zonder Kennedy; UNT Jazz Lab Bands, Percussion Ensembles, Orchestral Ensembles; (commercial demo reel available)producer: see n-o werksteacher: (drumset, mallets/vibraphone, percussion). thanks to Tommy Robertson, of Fibes Drums and Tommy's Drum Shop; and my friend, Frosty Smith, truly a master musician. that happens to play the drums. "When the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear."art credits (- generously on loan from variously): top, Hartley's untitled monster '05; 2nd from top, Franz Kline's "Torches Mauve"; "ylayali" and 2nd painting, Willem De Kooning's "Tree Naples"; "helsinki dub adventure", Franz Kline's "Crow Dancer"; "still life with blue center", Mark Rothko painting; bottom, De Kooning's "Bolton's Landing"; page background, Bill Steber's photograph of a Mississippi fife and drum dance. music, art, noise, words. musique, art, bruit, mots. música, arte, ruido, palabras
