Finishing up Dana Radcliffe's second album, recorded here at Rhythm Mantis Studio. Expected release date is July 15, 2010. Stay tuned for more info & sounds.

Os Magrelos debut CD will be out by late summer. We're in the process of mixing it in my studio now. Will pre-release a few tracks on 45 by late summer, and will post a few samples here soon.

Buzzard Hollow Boys album is done. The CD release show will be at Bel Rio in Charlottesville on March 27th. Dana Radcliffe album is entering the mix phase. Os Magrelos album is also entering its mix phase. Working on an original score/recording for a dance performance (April 2) choreographed by Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp (inFlux Dance).

The Buzzard Hollow Boys CD "Moonshine, Remorse, Redemption" is out for printing. I recorded the band in Jeff Saine's wood workshop, mixed it along with Jeff and TA here at the rhythm Mantis home base. The mastering was done in San Francisco by myself and Ryan Hughes (www.ryan-hughes.net). CD release show March 27 at Bel Rio in Charlottesville.

Have recently composed or performed poems and/or music with the Miki Liszt Dance Company, Influx Dance, UVA Drama Department, UVA Jazz Ensemble, UVA Dance Department, and for the film "My Best Friends R Strangers." As a drummer/percussionist, I've recently performed with Beleza Brasil, Quatro na Bossa, Os Magrelos, and Neuronimo. Currently engineering, producing, recording a few different bands in my sometimes mobile Rhythm Mantis Studio.

I play drumset, percussion, and sing. I also play some guitar, keys, and melodica. My interest in music was sparked by the possibility of a train passing in close proximity to a solo drummer ... that kind of movement. Later I realized that the movement was overwhelming sound. Movement is overwhelming sound is movement. I love sound. Sound sparks imagination, emotion, insight, and a whole spectrum of actions/reactions. This is a lot of my attraction to recording music as well - this possibility to play in and shape sound worlds, to get acquainted with this spectrum more clearly.