If I Could Only Make Black People Dance...
on Nov 20, 2009 in Gigs NOLA People lose jobs everyday, especially in the market we're currently in. And they lose them for lots of reasons...maybe they show up late, don't perform at the desired level, take too many smoke breaks, watch porn at work, call the boss an idiot whil...

Why I Don't Want to be Called Catalina...
on Nov 14, 2009 in Gigs "I don't need cocaine to make life go by any faster"...at least that's what I thought walking back to my car from the gig that night. It's no secret...you hang around the music "scene" long enough and you're gonna run into situations where the "hard...

A FAIL Story...
on Nov 6, 2009 in Failure I was thinking about my most embarrassing moments on stage a few days ago, and remembered one I had tucked way back into the deep recesses of my mind...I'm 19...Bourbon Street in NOLA...I had been with this band for a couple of weeks. It was a full 7...

Video of the Week (or Month...it's been a while...)
on Nov 6, 2009 in Video of the week This is just funny...that's all...>...

Starving Artist Denial Syndrome...or the SADS...
on Nov 5, 2009 in goals Failure career I played at my church last night...I do this often. Keeps me grounded, let's me give some of my talent back, and is part of my threefold philosophy with drumming... PHILOSOPHY: There are 3 types of gigs that you should be involved with at all time...

Failure Is The New L.A...
on Nov 3, 2009 in Practice Failure Have you worked on your FAIL today?Sure, alot of times it is the best that succeed. But you know what I find? Most of the "best" are really just the most persistent that kept at it until they were perceived by the rest of the world as the "best". Tho...

Seth's Thought's On Your Hat...
on Nov 3, 2009 in Marketing This is Seth Godin's (he has one of the widest read marketing blogs in the world) latest blog entry...I love his stuff. When I post stuff that doesn't seem to directly pertain to drumming or music, it's because I'm wanting you to THINK. Open up your...

Bourbon Street, Bands, and Deuschbags...
on Nov 2, 2009 in Stories Gigs When I was 19 I landed a gig with a band on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (Check out some pics of the street here)...We played 5-6 nights a week, 5 hour shifts, 3 hour and a half sets with 2 thirty minute breaks. This was THE gig that got me together...

Nothing to do with Drumming?
on Oct 30, 2009 in Marketing Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)View more documents from David Gillespie.This was done by David GillespieThis may seem like it has nothing to do with drumming...or your career...or your livelihood...or you...

Drummers of Next Big Nashville: Dan Epand of Nico Vega
on Oct 23, 2009 in Interviews Next Big Nashville A small crowd was gathered at the downtown Nashvegas club 12th and Porter...they'd already seen countless bands over the past few days and were showing some signs of exhaustion...cue Nico Vega...Lights are low...ambient guitars start to come through.