Hello, World!

Hello, world, indeed!

I'm new to the world of blogging and not sure where to start...

This is a blog about my life (past, present, and future) as a musician. 

Let me catch you all up.  So let's start in the past, shall we?

I grew up in a musical family: my Dad, Grandfather, and Uncle were percussionists back in the day and my Mom played the trumpet in High School.  

Why do I mention this?  

Well, I am positive that if it wasn't for my family and their understanding and support (even when it came to quitting college to go out on tour - I'll get to that later) I wouldn't be where I am today.   

PAST:

I'm predominately a drummer/percussionist who also music directs/conducts and composes/arranges whenever I can.  I began drumming late in life (for most musicians) at the age of ten.  Five years later, I started performing in pit orchestras for community musical theatre productions and have been bitten by that bug ever since.  Even though I started in community theatre, my career as a musician has been quite eclectic thus far:  I have performed in theme parks (Disney and Busch Gardens Florida), tried to start multiple rock bands (what "drummer" hasen't?), freelanced around the state (jazz gigs etc.), and I have done two National Broadway Tours (SOUTH PACIFIC, ELF: The Musical) and one International Broadway Tour (SHREK: The Musical) in Asia.  This brings me to the quitting college part.  

I quit college in the last semester of my Undergraduate degree to go out on the National Tour of SOUTH PACIFIC.  This was an extremely hard decision to make, but luckily I had my friends and family there to support me.  I eventually went back and received (in May) my Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Studies (performance) from the University of South Florida.  

Whew!  Now that that's over with...

PRESENT:

My beautiful girlfriend (choreographer) and myself (music director/conductor/drummer) are in the middle of rehearsals for a wonderful production of SPRING AWAKENING at The Heneger Center for the Arts in Melbourne, Florida.  We are very proud/excited for this project and look forward to opening this show August 1st!

FUTURE: 

The main purpose of this Blog!  Both myself and my girlfriend are about to go out on tour!  Sadly, we will not be on the same tour, but both of us will be blogging about our journeys along the way.  

Please stay tuned to see what tours we are on!

Cheers!