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6:10:54 AM
Friday
Sep 05
| First, this is how I got my guitar
I spent my evenings during the summer of 1995 working in the back of a restaurant. Apparently their accounting software wasn't too sophisticated, because it allowed the data entry person to input 40 hours (as opposed to 4.0 hours) on one of my days. I stopped by to get my paycheck early in the afternoon and left immediately, it wasn't until I was on my way to the bank when I realized my check was absurdly more than usual. So I went straight from the bank to the local music shop and purchased an Alvarez acoustic / electric guitar that I still play today. When my boss realized the error, she came and informed me that I would need to work off the balance. I washed dishes in the back of that restaurant while receiving zero dollar paychecks for six weeks until I decided to leave.Then came the bongos During the winter of 1997 my brother, Ryan, was a music major at Indiana University focused in percussion. My wish that Christmas was to find a hand drum of some kind under the tree. I wanted something affordable, and most importantly portable. Santa brought me a pair of bongos made by LP. Bongos are quite small in comparison to other drums, so they lack a lot of bass tone and its mostly your finger tips that do the work. I feel that beginning hand drumming with bongos made me a better player, because I learned first how to play light and fast. Several years later my bongos were becoming a primary instrument to me. I was regularly gigging at church, and with some friends I graduated school with. I felt the need for a bigger better drum, visited the local music superstore and eyed this beautiful drum with great tone. The Klong Yaw, made by Remo, is a fiberglass body with a synthetic but authentic looking head.
Give a listen to my music...
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