KISS Wedding

I think Natasha and I have gotten the word out to most friends and family, but if you haven't heard we are getting married.

This will be the wedding to top all weddings and I honestly can't imagine a better event. As Natasha has said I'm getting the trifecta.

1. Natasha :-)

2. Las Vegas Wedding

3. KISS

The image comes from KISSOnline.com and is KISS congratulating us. Our wedding will be the very first wedding in the Hotter Than Hell KISS Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on March 15th and will be part of the KISS by Monster Mini Golf grand opening.

http://www.kissonline.com/news/article/id/32338

http://www.monsterminigolf.com/kiss/

We are looking forward to celebrating with as many friends and family as possible and can't imagine a better way to celebrate.

Needless to say we are thrilled beyond belief.

Here is another picture from the impromptu engagement party we had on Valentine's Day.

KISS Kruise 2012

Natahsa and I just booked a vacation for Halloween 2012. We will be heading to Florida and hope to spend time with her grandparents and my brother Johnny before we head out from Miami to the Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.

This is shaping up to be our big vacation this year. Needless to say it will be great to see KISS again, and to visit family in Florida.

This is shaping up to be a fun year.

20 Years Ago

It's hard for me to believe but 20 years ago one of my inspirations for playing drums and listening to music passed away. Eric Carr the drummer for KISS.

Attached is a collage from the KISSOnline.com website in remembrance of Eric. I was able to see KISS with Eric Carr a number of times starting with my first KISS concert in 1985 and leading up to his final tour where I had front row tickets for the Hot In The Shade Tour in 1990.

In Lieu Of...

Don't worry, no bad news here.

Tonight I had my first rehearsal / audition for a band called In Lieu Of. A friend of mine plays guitar in the band and when their drummer departed I got the call for the gig.

The music is rooted in soul but backed by a rock band so you get a heavy rock band with a soul/r&b singer. The band gigs in both LA and San Diego and I'm looking forward to mixing things up with this new music.

As a teaser here is a recording of my first performance with the band tonight. Warts and all. Not too bad for a first run through on a rehearsal / rental kit.

We've Just Begun To Live by In Lieu Of

For more info about the band check out

http://www.myspace.com/inlieuofmusic

What's New

Nothing new to really report here other than I haven't forgotten about this site. At this time I find that life continues to get busier and time truly does fly.

Look out for some more detailed updates in the next month or so.

Until then...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011. 2010 continued the transition for me and after a rocky 2009 I couldn't have asked for a better 2010. New job, new girlfriend, my band released a new CD, too many concerts to count, lots of travel including multiple Las Vegas trips, a couple of trips to San Diego, Connecticut, the Philippines, Coachella, Texas, Denver and numerous work trips to San Francisco, Overland Park KS, New Jersey and New York.

Here's looking forward to 2011. Happy New Year everyone!!!

A world away

I've been in the Philippines less than 48 hours and saw the Gin Blossoms within hours of landing. The surreal moment of the night was watching them sing about the 405 in a room with thousands of Philipinos. The country loves American music and you'd think you were watching the Beatles on stage given how excited the crowd was.

After getting, or attempting to get a full nights sleep and waking up around 4:30am local time we made it to the Shangri La beach resort and I was able to take in my first day of snorkeling. It was like I was swimming in the world of Nemo, seeing sea anemone, clown fish, barracuda fish, fluorescent fish, emperor fish, fish the size of your finger, to fish as big as your arm. I had no idea you'd be able to see clearly through the ocean. At one point I was being circled by what seemed hundreds of fish and then they all swam off.

Under water the fish would get inches from your hands and face and would just check you out. It's as if I was swimming in a giant fish tank, which if you think about it, that is pretty much what the Ocean is. I've never had the desire to scuba dive but after getting a taste of what you can see scuba suddenly sounds interesting. A few times I'd see fish swimming among the sea life on the floor of the ocean and I'd swim down from the surface about 10-15 feet and just hang out with them. So peaceful and remarkable that the fish had no problems swimming with people.

Today I'm dealing with a little bit of a sunburn, wondering why I keep waking up at 5am and can't believe I have nearly two more weeks here.