my various music projects:

Hardcore Midget Anal Fisting - all instrumental guitar stuff..mostly kind of weird, but some more "normal" tunes as well:
http://www.myspace.com/hardcoremidgetanalfisting http://www.download.com/hmaf

Viaje Acido - instrumental acoustic guitar...a mix of classical, jazz(all forms), fusion, blues, Latin, Celtic, Persian, Oriental, Indian, folk, bluegrass, rock, and a few other things:
http://www.myspace.com/viajeacido http://www.download.com/viajeacido

Acid Trip - all electronic...based on different types of "Acid Trips"(hence the name), ranging from the happy, to the freaky:
http://www.myspace.com/acidtrip

Resin - my old metal band...we put out one demo, and broke shortly after:
http://www.download.com/re_sin

Freyr - melodic death/black/thrash metal band i played drums in for a while:
http://www.download.com/freyr

JazzGasm! - all jazz stuff...i'm working on new tunes right now, when my computer wants to cooperate:
http://www.myspace.com/JazzGasmInYourEar http://www.myspace.com/JazzGasm

and i'm always working on new projects, and new material for all the ones i have, so i'll update here whenever i remember...

my kit:

cheap Pacific EZ Drums kit with the wraps taken off
22X16 kick
12X9 rack tom
13X10 rack tom(on my left in a floor tom position)
16X16 floor tom

14X7 Pacific Birch 805 snare
14X5.5 Pacific EZ Drums steel snare(which actually sounds great!)

Remo heads(powerstroke 3 on kick and snare, pinstripes on toms, ambassadors on all resonant sides)

10" Paiste 502 splash
10"/12" stack(12" wuhan china with 10" Paiste 802 splash on top, both cracked)
14" Sabian B8 hi hats that i’ve refinished into a brilliant finish
14" Zildjian Oriental China Trash
14" Zildjian ZXT China
15" Paiste Rude hi hats(as X-Hats on my right side)
16" Sabian XS20 rock crash
18" Sabian B8 crash/ride, refinished to a brilliant finish
20" Pearl Wild 500 ride(basically a complete rip off of a Paiste Rude power ride) that i’ve also refinished to brilliant because it was way nasty when i got it, with soda or beer stains and stuff on it...but i really want to darken it back up now...

a cheap cowbell i got on eBay



a mix of pacific, gibraltar, and sonor hardware

and a Tama Iron Cobra Powerglide double bass pedal, with Gibraltar wooden beater heads...

co-headlining a show with a major label band, and having a crowd twice the size of their's, and getting a much better response!

the person who really inspired me to start playing drums was Mike Portnoy, after hearing both Liquid Tension Experiment albums... others include Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Tim Alexander, Gene Hoglan, Nick Barker, Nicko McBrain, Neil Peart, Bill Ward, Dave Weckl, Steve Smith, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman, Terry Bozzio, Virgil Donati, Martin Lopez, Frank Beard, Richard Christy, Bill Bruford, Mikkey Dee, Brann Dailor, George Kollias, Gavin Harrison, Brian Mantia, and Dave Lombardo...though i'm sure i'm forgetting some...

i'd really like to get a Pearl Maple Free Floater snare, 14"X5"...a friend let me use his on the second set my band played one night, and it was amazing. i'm also looking for another vintage Pearl Wild 500 ride, in better condition than the one i have. barring that a good Paiste Rude power ride, for cheap, ha... aside from that i want a crap-load of chinas, a few more splashes(i love Zildjian As), and a bass gong would be nice!

Devin Townsend...he's about at the God level for me these days...

http://www.playlist.com/user/31516646/view