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Asheville, NC. Owner of Colossal Studios. I love music and all things related to guitar and music production. I breathe air. I get down on being a nerd. Get into it.

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Thank you @dtimages yet again for another fantastic show! I get blown away every. single. time. And a HUGE thank you to @mesaengineering for hooking all of us dudes from Music City here in Asheville up with the incredible seats and the after show meet & greet! What an incredible night! I know they probably get tired of it, but getting to talk music gear with Petrucci was truly incredible. Such nice guys. Thanks again @jpetimages, @james_labrie_fc, @jcrudess, @mikemanginiofficial, and @jmyungimages! You guys are incredible!

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Long hair don’t care. One year of growth. It’s been the worst process growing my hair out but it’s finally not really that awkward anymore. Getting there! Still a ways to go.

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Now this is one killer combo! Always reaching for this limited edition @darkglasselectronics B7K when tracking bass. Sounds amazing through this tweaked @stltones Kemper bass profile.

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My dude @tonygacci killed it with this pic of Leia he did for me! Please get in contact with me if you want one done of your fur baby. These would also make great Christmas gifts! Thanks again again Tony! I love it!

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Happy Halloween everyone!

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I like things that are nice. For instance, the @kemperamps Rack Profiler, the @protonepedals Attack Overdrive, the @mesaengineering Straight-Slant 4x12, and my Custom built Explorer featuring an @evertune bridge and a pair of @seymourduncanpickups Custom Shop Mark Holcomb Alpha/Omega hand-wound pickups, strung with @daddarioandco NYXL 11-49’s. All controlled using the @voodoolabofficial GCX Audio Switcher and Ground Control Pro. This rig rips. Gear nerds unite!

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Another practice with Amnesis in the books! I’ll be providing that low end this weekend starting tomorrow in Greenville, SC at the Radio Room and Saturday in Hickory, NC at The Wizard Saloon! If you’re around those areas come throw down with us!

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First we played the tailgate party outside of the stadium, now we’re enjoying some Monday Night Football at Nissan Stadium! Colts vs Titans! Ah, the perks of the job. (at LP Field)

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Showtime in 30 here at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin, PA. Let’s do this! (at The Lamp Theatre)

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My office for the night. We also have some good company. Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show are here to critique the show! (at The Strand Theater)

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Just downloaded the new @santacruzbandofficial album “Bad Blood Rising” from iTunes. I highly suggest you do the same!

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On the road again with these dudes! “Thems some good ol bowweeees!”

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All setup and ready for tracking drums tomorrow for an 11 song full length album! Got the drums tuned up and sounding killer! Wishing I had 4 more channels of API mic pre’s to do some experimenting but 12 channels is plenty for now I suppose. Ah who am I kidding?! I could never have enough mic pre’s.

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Here’s a little solo diddly I wrote for one of our new songs. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. Seriously can’t wait to wrap up preproduction on these songs and record them and get them out to you all! Thanks @evertune and @daddarioandco for always keeping me in top shape!

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You know. Band pics and stuff. 📷 by the always amazing @danhasegawa

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A little morning metal. Finished writing this one yesterday. Only a couple more songs to write until we’re done with preproduction and then we’ll start narrowing down the best 10-12 tracks for the album.

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Much needed late night writing sesh.