The Beat Never Left: My Lifetime of Music

Send us Fan MailI’m recording from the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico, looking out at the ocean and thinking about how weird life is. Murders to Music usually leans hard into the “murders” side, but today I pull the camera back to the other half of the name and tell the story I’ve somehow never told out loud: how drumming became the thread that kept me anchored when life got dark, and how that passion turned into a real-world career in live music and weddings.It starts in Alaska with oil industry fish fries, sitting near the stage, watching a drummer up close until those players felt like heroes. A mentor shows up, lessons begin, and a cheap first drum set becomes a portal. From soundproofed bedroom walls to learning songs by ear, I talk about the unglamorous work that actually builds a musician. Then the story gets personal: my mom’s crash after hearing “Wipeout,” and the night I played it as she walked into one of my shows, a moment that still lands in my chest years later.From there, it’s the full ride: theater tech jobs, early gigs, bar-band chaos, church worship that feels more powerful than any stage, and the onstage disaster where my band plays one song and I accidentally play another. I also connect the dots from law enforcement PTSD to launching Streamlined Events and Entertainment, where DJing and MC work flips the script from being present on people’s worst days to helping create their best memories on the dance floor.If this story hits you, subscribe to Murders to Music, share it with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s the “thread” that keeps you going when everything else gets heavy? www.StreamlineEventsLLC.comwww.DoubleDownDuo.com@StreamlineSEE@DDownDuoYoutube-Instagram-Facebook