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by Joe on June 12th, 2009

I’ve been emersed in a world of music since a young age and although through the mind and ears of a drummer, I’ve been exposed to all sorts of melodies and harmonies through it all.

Musically, my 30’s have proven to be about re-inventing myself beyond the supportive role that drummers often fulfill. I’ve had many great experiences as a drummer, everything from playing rock clubs in Worcester (my band once opened for Godsmack at the Lucky Dog), Boston (including Aerosmith’s Mama Kins), to having played on Cruise Ships while living it up on some of the finest beaches in the world. I also have plenty experience freelancing as a drummer throughout MA and have had the opportunity to have taught many good kids the basic fundamentals on how to be a good drummer.

The beauty of self producing The Vecctones was that I didn’t have to answer to nobody. After playing some guitar and bass parts, I would sometimes re-arrange them around before laying down some vocals. I was able to create some things I may have never thought of originally by working this way. I didn’t play the drums for these songs, I produced them, along the lines of how rap artists make their beats. The Vecctones has been my escape from being a drummer. Recording the bass and guitar was an adventure to say the least. Stepping up to the plate as a vocalist was just the result of saying, “fuck it!”. It was about challenging myself. In a lot of ways the music was improvised but required much thought, contemplation, and reflection..

The concept behind The Vecctones was to blend rock, blues, jazz, metal, trip hop, etc…, in a way that sounded different from everything it was inspired from. I think I got it… check it out…