2018: Hittin’ It Like A Brick!!!
This year so far, especially January, has been crazy. On top of going to school, working full-time, and continuing my work with Mean Red Spyder, the Jazz House Big Band, and other sessions as they come, I started up with a rock band: Dead Fervor! Right off in January, we did a mini tour of three dates opening up for Hookers & Blow. What is cool about this is that we had plenty of close, personal time with the guys in that band which include Dizzy Reed of Guns and Roses fame, Alex Grossi of Quiet Riot, Chip Zanuff of E’nuff Z’nuff, and Johnny Kelly of Danzig! Many awesome stories from that short run, too many for this post so I may do a Throw Back Thursday type of thing to give you more specific stories.
Next, Dead Fervor went down to Los Angeles and Anaheim to attend and perform at the NAMM convention. Another awesome show, with a very interesting and sensitive story that if I tell in the future, I may need to retract names due to some famous people being involved (and not in the most positive light).
I am also now endorsed by Bosphorus Cymbals, my favorite cymbal company! I have a pic of me from high school with my first Bosphorus cymbal and I told my mom, maybe I would use this picture when they endorse me. I was saying it jokingly but guess what picture I gave them to put up for me in their artist roster!? Just comes to show that through hard work, nothing is impossible.
Anyways, there are more awesome shows coming up and I cannot wait to share those with y’all.