Blue Oyster Cult

I have been out on the road with Blue Oyster Cult these last few weeks and what a blast. Just filling in for a friend of mine who just had a beautiful baby boy. We are playing all their hits from Cities on Flame, Reaper, Godzilla , and Burning For You. The Band is Smokin. We just finished a few shows with Joan Jett, Peter Frampton and .38 Special. Everyone asks me about more cowbell well here it is. I don't think you can get more than this.


When I was getting ready to do sound check I got some really great advice from J.R., a security guard backstage. It's funny, what he is saying takes so many of us drummers so long to figure out.



Next month I will be out with Marya Roxx. Check out her new site or stop by her forum and leave a message.

Motley Crue Contest!

Here's a cool new competition. If you register at the link below you can then vote for Marya to be support for The Crue's 2009 tour.

Winding Down

Well this leg of the tour is winding down. We are out for three more shows then heading home. I want to thank all the Meat fans for such a great run.
When I get home I will be playing with Blue Oyster Cult for a few weeks, so I guess I will have to dust off my cowbell and Godzilla mask. I hope to see some of you at the shows. I will post the shows on my site. I will also be opening up a day teaching in NY in my new studio.

I have received a lot of emails regarding the monstrous sound of the drums this tour ,
I first have to thank George Wehrlin, our front of house engineer, and TC, our Monitor engineer. But also Earthworks.



This tour we have added Earthworks Live Drum Kit miking System .This system consists of two over head microphones and a Kick mic The Earthworks overheads added a clarity to my drum sound that I never had. It really brought my sound of 5 drums 10 cymbals and one cowbell to sound like one musical instrument. My monitor mix went from having 15 inputs for a drum mix, into just my two overhead microphones and a kick microphone, and never sounded better.
I can't wait to get home and try these in my studio.

Stonehenge Trip

We just finished our first couple of shows in the UK. We have gone from Liverpool, the home of the Beatles to beautiful Bath and then on to Nottingham. On our trip from Bath to Nottingham we passed right by Stonehenge and decided to stop. Here is a little video I put together from our trip.

On The Road Again with Meat Loaf

Well rehearsals are over and we are out for 8 weeks in the UK and Europe. We had our first show in Plymouth UK and now are in Cork Ireland. I cant believe it but who did I see was Harry Potter no kidding Daniel Radcliffe. I will be getting back into the hang of things and start posting more often. Here is a little video I put together. Hope to see you all on tour.

The Answer To all Your Questions...

Marya Roxx Gigs

I am out in California with Marya, Paul Crook and Joey Vera tearing it up. We are gigging on Sunday at the Cat Club, Monday at the House Of Blues and Wed. at The Joint. I promise I will take photos and as much video as I can. We will be playing with Mary Roxx all through out May.
Come June its back out with Meat Loaf for 8 weeks in the UK and Europe. I'm stoked :). You can check out the dates on my site.
Then when I come back in Aug. I will be playing some shows with my old friends Blue Oyster Cult.
I hope hope to see some of you at all of these shows.
Peace
John