The Salt Peanuts
Musical Accomplishments
Sample Audio Files
The Salt Peanuts:
I am a founding member and the drummer for the jazz combo "The Salt Peanuts". I have been involved with managing and performing in the combo since 2004. We have performed at weddings, private parties, banquets and various business functions in and around New Jersey. Our specialty is jazz standards—those tunes that you will find yourself dancing and humming along to. A live recording sample ("What is This Thing Called Love?") is located at the bottom of this page, in the "Sample Audio Files" section.
Musical Accomplishments (Southern Regional HS):
- All-South Jersey Band (Middle School & High School)
- 1999 » MS "Red Band" » Auxiliary Percussion (First Chair)
- 2000 » MS "Green Band" » Snare
- 2001 » HS Wind Ensemble » Auxiliary Percussion
- 2001 » HS Orchestra » Auxiliary Percussion (First Chair)
- 2002 » HS Wind Ensemble » Auxiliary Percussion
- 2003 » HS Wind Ensemble » Auxiliary Percussion (First Chair)
- 2004 » HS Wind Ensemble » Auxiliary Percussion
- New Jersey All-State Band
- 2003 » Wind Ensemble » Auxiliary Percussion
- Jazz
- 2001 » Jazz Band » Drumset
- 2002 » Jazz Band » Drumset (Best Drum Solo award at Overbrook Jazz Fest, March 15)
- 2003 » Jazz Ensemble » Drumset & Auxiliary Percussion (NJ State Champs)
- 2003 » Jazz Combo » Drumset
- 2004 » Jazz Ensemble » Drumset & Auxiliary Percussion
- 2004 » Jazz Combo » Drumset
- Marching Band
- 2000 » Bass 1
- 2001 » Snare
- 2002 » Snare
- 2003 » Snare & Drumset » Drumline Captain (TOB Atlantic Coast Grand Champions)
- Other
- April 2001 » Hand selected to perform in a wind ensemble conducted by composer David Holsinger.
- Summer 2001 » American Music Abroad "Gold Tour", Europe. » Percussion & Drumset
Sample Audio Files:
What is This Thing Called Love? Written by Cole Porter.
Recorded live at NYU (2005) by The Salt Peanuts. (Me on Drumset)
Baby Fabulous
This is a tune I made with Logic using loops and the Ultrabeat drum machine. 2005.