background: my life began on february 10, 1981 on a chilly winter morn'. i grew up all over north texas living in such towns as bedford, plano, carrolton, coppell, and settling in north richland hills at the ripe age of 8. music partly ran in my family with my grandmother getting a call to be dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. also my dad pretends he can sing but really just hums a lot. but drums?........never. that's what my family told me every time i asked for a drum kit. no! they would say, you will put your eye out. well i showed them. my obsession for drumming started early at age 9 when i met a good friend who had a drum kit. he let me play every time i was over, and from the first day i could always just keep a rhythm. as time ticked by and with more visits to my friends house i slowly got better and better (also with a little help from mr. air drumming). at the age of 19 an unfortunate event occurred;......one of my grandmothers past away. but with her passing she left me $1000.00 to with as i wish. i bought a drum kit.

the start: at this point i had some friends living in denton going to the university of north texas (where i go now......go mean green!) named camaro barnhill and slug sones. we had been tossing around the idea of starting a band, and with my newly acquired drum kit that was now possible. a speed bump occurred, known as pure cinema, on our way to becoming a respectable local band known as the cut off. we are now at present day. the cut off is a team, and i am the star quarterback throwing beats around like 50 yard touchdown passes.

my top 5 bands: The Pixies, Modest Mouse, Nirvana, The Beatles, Built to Spill, The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, and Jane's Addiction
favorite food: the skin off of grapes
my favorite color: clear
my planet of preference: the great Ursa Major (our galaxy is so beautiful, wouldn't you say?).

thanks to the fans and ac slater for inspiring me to play the drums. big up yourself.