Welcome to Downtime!

This page gives you a glimpse of what I do when I'm not sitting behind the drums.

 

Of course, I listen to music as much as I can, as I have many musical influences and I try to draw from all of these to create my own sound.

 

-Stevie Wonder-Where I'm Coming From

-Israel and New Breed-A Deeper Level

-Patty Griffin-Children Running Through...one of my favorite singer/songwriters

-Shirley Horn-Here's to Life (with strings, a must have!)

-Fred Hammond-Purpose By Design

-Cannonball Adderley-Why Am I Treated So Bad?Billy Hart Quartet...my man!!!

-Luciana Souza-Norte E Sul...just had the pleasure of playing with her-I have so much respect for her.

-Sam Cooke-Portrait of a Legend...C'mon!  who doesn't like Sam Cooke?

-Miguel Zenon-Ceremonial...saxophonist/composer, whew!!!

-Bill Frisell, Dave Holland & Elvin Jones-Bill Frisell, Dave Holland & Elvin Jones...aptly titled with seriuos vibe!

I love to read The Bible to study God's Word and some other books I've recently read are...

Beyond Talent-Angela Myles Beeching 

Check out www.BillyHartMusic.com for an amazing interview with my mentor Billy Hart...so much wisdom!!!

When I'm not on the road, my favorite thing to do is spend time with my ladies...those being my lovely wife of 12 years and three daughters.

I will be updating this page frequently so stop by again soon. If you have any good books or recordings to share I'd love to hear about them, I'm always looking for new things to check out.