8/04 to Present    Free-lance drummer working with various artists and bands around the Olympic Peninsula.  Bands include Savoy Nights, Soul-Shakers, Omega, Denny Secord Jr. and Haywire, Forrest Rosaire and Nightrain, Freesound, and The Jazz Bumz.  4/04    to 8/04         ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE - Played ballroom, dance, and jazz standards with the Firefly Quartet on board the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the southern Caribbean islands of St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Lucia, Barbados, Aruba, and Curacao.  Provided music at a variety of different events onboard ship including Captains cocktails reception, guest talent show, promenade deck parade,  and in the Crows Nest and Imperial Lounges.  12/03 to 3/04   MICHELLE BRANSON BAND - Played original and cover songs in the country, rock and blues styles in Texas, New Mexico and Wyoming.  Promoted her debut CD at dance clubs and concerts. 2/02 to 1/03         COLD SHOT  -  Classic rock and dance band playing music from the 1960's to the present.  Performed throughout the San Francisco Bay area and northern California.  Performed at corporate parties, music festivals, clubs, private parties and dances. 4/01 to 10/01      HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE LINE - Played jazz standards, swing, classic rock, oldies and country in four-piece band on 7-day cruises from Canada to Alaska.  Performed four to six shows per day, seven days a week for six months before thousands of cruise ship passengers.  1/00 to 10/00     ALLEN DEAN & OUTWEST - Played mostly rock and country-rock cover songs in Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Texas and Nevada.  Played at large dance clubs including the Caravan in Albuquerque, NM and Cowboy's in Gillette, WY. 1996 to 1999            CROSSMAN CONNECTION - Played original music and Top40 Country cover songs by Garth Brooks, Brooks&Dunn, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and others from the late 80's and the 1990's.   I gained experience working in a concert setting with this group as we were hired to be the opening/warm-up act at concerts featuring Merle Haggard, Pam Tillis, Gary Allan, Sawyer Brown, Big House, Ricochet, Lonestar and other well-known country bands.  Performed at fairs, clubs and concerts throughout Northern California.