Random Misfires

This was my first release under my own name. I had been writing and refining a series of solo drum pieces over the years, and I narrowed it down to about 20 that I decided to record. The cover art is a photo of my grandfather.

My goal for each of them was to be interesting and melodic enough to stand on their own. But as I got deeper into the project, I started hearing bass lines and melodies on them. At this point, I was in a long period of recovery and therapy resulting from several strokes that I had suffered back in 2015.

I dove head first into turning these drum grooves into full songs, writing on the keyboard. I enlisted Pete Weiss to engineer, mix, and master the album in addition to playing guitar on a few. And Dana Colley worked his magic adding some beautiful woodwind parts.

Track Listing

1. The Goldfish
2. Robot Hopscotch
3. Cored
4. Baby Elephants
5. Pagan Mantis
6. Swagger/Sway
7. Our Fate
8. Random Misfires
9. Cloud Pudding
10. Look Left
11. Charles
12. Winged Man
13. Skulk
14. Chandler's Ear
15. Yellow Hot
16. Warmonger
17. Melodican
18. Getaway Sticks
19. Rolling Boil
20. Stutterstep
21. Glimmer

Musicians

Reviews

• “Album review from Modern Drummer magazine.”

  — Modern Drummer

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Gear

• Gretsch USA Customs - 1979 — Featured prominently on this record