Where words fail, music speaks.
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes entwined with spirit and never dies. It is an emotional connection to the ether and other-worldly realms, where words alone cannot suffice.
ABOUT
With a $75 drum kit purchased by his late mother Virginia in 1977, and no prior music lessons, Dave went from majoring in Biology to being the very first student to procure a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Percussion from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1988.
Is that something to brag about?
DRUMFOUNDED
APPLIED PERCUSSION
The recordings are cavernous & pretty horrendous, and the mostly-memorized performances are generously imperfect, but these recitals are a decent example of what studying music for four years can do (without any prior ‘formal lessons’ or slaps-on-the-wrists training).