The Beginning Of A New Era

Hamburg, Germany November 10, 2003. Location: depends on what time of day. Significance of the day: Official kick off of the first JKB European Tour & I officially turn 30. Yes I turned 30 on the opening day of a tour. For me there is absolutely no better way to [...]

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Lookout Italy!

One of the last highlights of my twenties was my first trip to Europe to play a gig. It was a one off in Rome, Italy with Jeff Kollman and Christopher Maloney. Like the Speak No Evil gig I didn’t want to do it at first and once again my buddy Curtis Skelton talked [...]

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Take Control of Your Career!
The music business has changed quite a bit in the past few years. I don’t think that’s news anymore. What amazes me though is when I talk to bands and musicians is that so many of them still want only one thing, the big record deal. I know because I was [...]

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My Twenties Pt. 4 - Chance of a Lifetime

As much as I loved going to music school (it wasn’t really school to me) I was very eager to move on and get a real career started. I didn’t really care what I played I just new that I wanted to play. In hindsight it wasn’t [...]

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