Biography
My musical journey started when I saw a local blues band play at my elementary school. My peers had been talking about how they were learning guitar and I figured that the drums would be where I fit in. It turns out the drummer of the blues band was JT McKenna, father of a student at my school and career touring drummer. I was very fortunate to take lessons on drum set with JT and work through the classic drum books he recommended. Those books and their counterparts helped me immensely to understand rhythm and its notation. This foundation is one that I still try to bring into my lesson teaching right from the start.
