I grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest between Seattle and Portland. For the first several years of my life I grew up in a home recording studio that my father ran, it was amazing to be around session musicians and even to understand what that meant. I had been playing drums at church for a while then at age 16 I did my first actual
I grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest between Seattle and Portland. For the first several years of my life I grew up in a home recording studio that my father ran, it was amazing to be around session musicians and even to understand what that meant. I had been playing drums at church for a while then at age 16 I did my first actual studio sessions, and I was hooked. I moved to Nashville in 2001 and was there for the next 9 years, doing tons of touring and recording sessions, and I mean proper Nashville '10 songs in 9 hours' sessions... Even got to Sub for Eddie Bayers a few times, which was pretty amazing. After that I spent 13 years in England, playing on loads of albums in Liverpool and the greater London areas. Now I'm back in the States and have my home recording set up with killer Lewitt mics and a 90's DW kit...
I've played live with so many artists over the last 30 years, I honestly can't begin to remember them all... but some of the notable artists I worked with include Petra (4 Grammy's), Carman (tour drummer for 8 years), Mark Schultz (summer dates), Dr. Ron Kennoly (event), Everman (tour), Nathan Lee (residency), Jessica Ketola (shows and I
I've played live with so many artists over the last 30 years, I honestly can't begin to remember them all... but some of the notable artists I worked with include Petra (4 Grammy's), Carman (tour drummer for 8 years), Mark Schultz (summer dates), Dr. Ron Kennoly (event), Everman (tour), Nathan Lee (residency), Jessica Ketola (shows and I produced her album)... and many many others blah blah blah...
I've been a part of the House Band for several different events including Gospel Rock in London where I put the band together and backed various Christian artists... House band for the British Country Music Awards where we backed numerous Country Singers, etc.
for 30 years now, I have been blessed to have recorded drums on literally thousands of songs in major Studios all over the earth... Studios including Sound Kitchen, Omni, Ronnies Place and Dark Horse in Nashville; Kore, Livingston, Assault & Battery 2, Fisher Lane and Eastcote in London; Stepping Stone, Electrokitty and Two Sticks in Sea
for 30 years now, I have been blessed to have recorded drums on literally thousands of songs in major Studios all over the earth... Studios including Sound Kitchen, Omni, Ronnies Place and Dark Horse in Nashville; Kore, Livingston, Assault & Battery 2, Fisher Lane and Eastcote in London; Stepping Stone, Electrokitty and Two Sticks in Seattle; Parr Street and Crosstown in Liverpool; Superdigital, Chameleon and Jackpot in Portland... plus many many others... and on recordings along side Session Royalty including Tony Levin, Pat Buchanan, Jimmy Nicholes, Nathan East, Mark Hill, Chris Rodriguez, Phil Keaggy, etc.
Email me at jjdrum@yahoo.com, let's keep it real...
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