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March 2012

I hope everyone is having a great 2012 so far! Here in the Midwest region of the US, we're having temperatures in the 80's, when it's normally below freezing and snow covered. Life couldn't be much better!

Lots of news to report, so I'll get right to it...

EQUINOX - Jamison, Lonnie, and myself have been getting together and playing through our old songs, offering ideas for songs we never finished back in the day, and even writing new material. We are doing this completely without an agenda - just for our own selfish enjoyment. Now that we're officially 'old men', we're just a bunch of friends getting together in a basement (albeit a suitable studio ;), drinking beer and having fun creating music together again. I'm not saying we'll ever record anything to be released again, or tour anytime, etc. But after 12 years apart, it's been great having my musical soulmates back in my life in a musical way. So there's been a very low-key Equinox reunion this year. Hopefully it continues! Here's a recent picture after some wood-shedding - sweaty bad hair and all! lol ...

Live Performances - Despite a couple considerations recently to join different groups, I decided to stay put, so I'm still performing around the region with Joy Ride. The calendar keeps me fairly busy with shows, and a performing Eric is a happy Eric! (Yeah, I referred to myself in the 3rd party). I do have some gaps in this year's calendar though, and I've been fortunate enough to fill them with fill-in dates with friends in other variety groups in town. It's also been rare to have evenings off to get out and go see my friends in other bands, but I've actually been able to do so recently. It's always fun to get asked to come up and sit in with people you'd otherwise not get the opportunity to. Plus I'm doing my own little part to support the local live music scene.

Recording - I have contributed to a few recent recording projects (not my own). As I understand it, one of them is being mastered now, and should be complete by the end of the month. I'll share more info as it becomes known to me. That goes for all of the projects. I'm just a hired gun for them, so I'm at the mercy of the owners of those projects to provide any info to me. I haven't done any other recording sessions yet this year. No new commercial jingles, or other releases to report, since last November.

Etc. - As always, thank you for visiting my site! Please add me as a friend on Facebook, and be sure to Like my Drumming Page. If you'll be in the area, feel free to contact me using the info above - and I invite you to come on out to a show some time, and say hi. :)

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Current Project News

New Custom Pearl Kit (10/2009)

Wine Red with 24K Gold Hardware on drums and stands

Masterworks - 6x7 rack tom, 14x5.5 snare

Reference - 8x8, 10x8, 12x8, 14x14, 16x16, 22x18, 22x18