About

Hi! I write songs, play several instruments (lots of drums and percussion), and record music in my family studio aptly named The Barn. I write and record music for ads and tv, and am a member of the indie rock band Talkie and pop duo Ziggy Hamilton with my brother. In my free time, I enjoy drinking coffee with my wife, playing with my kids, and riding bikes when I’m not breaking bones.

Studio

I record using Pro Tools and a bunch of outboard gear from API, Audioscape, SSL, Hairball Audio, Classic Audio Products, DBX, etc. Drumwise, I record with all sorts of vintage and modern kits, snares, tympani, rototoms, rocket toms, a toy glockenspiel, percussion odds and ends, bells and whistles, etc., that work well for different types of projects. I use lots of microphones (dynamics, condensers, ribbons) and techniques, but I find that pointing the microphone at the thing seems to work pretty well.

Endorsements

Pearl Drums

Pro Mark Drumsticks

Evans Drumheads

Let There Be Drums (Available kits)

Pearl MCX (20”, 24”, 12”, 13”, 16”, 18”)

Vintage Sonor Teardrop (20”, 12”, 13”, 16”, 16”)

Vintage Sonor Phonic (20”, 12”, 13”, 16”)

Vintage SonorLite CL (20” 22”, 8”, 10”, 12”, 14”, 15”)

Vintage SonorLite Scandinavian Birch (20” 22”, 10”, 12”, 13”, 14”, 15”, 16”)

Vintage Sonor Signature Bubinga (22”, 10”, 12”, 15”, 16”)

Custom Maple (20” 24”, 10”, 12”, 14”, 15”)

Let There Be Drums (Available snares)

Pearl MCX

Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic

Vintage Sonor Lite CL

Vintage Sonor Lite Scandinavian Birch

Vintage Sonor Signature Bubinga

Vintage Sonor Performer

Vintage Sonor Phonic Ferromagnese Steel

Vintage Sonor Phil Rudd Signature Chrome on Brass

Vintage Sonor Teardrop

Vintage Leedy

Custom Stave Todd Created Wood

Vintage Gretsch Stop Sign

Let There Be Drums (Available other things)

Leedy Tympani (24", 28”)

Remo Rototoms (6”, 8”, 10”, 10”, 12”, 14”)

LP Bongos

Glockenspiel

Pearl Rocket Toms (6”x12”, 6”x15”)

Ludwig Marching Bass Drum (36”)