My main interests are all around music, because I am a musician. Music tends to consume my every waking and sleeping thought. In the rare moment i don't think about music, I am interested in fine food, fine wine, reading great books, and watching the odd movie. I like to do these things with my wife when we have the time which is not very often having 3 kids. I also spend lots of time having light saber battles with my 6 year old who is bonkers about Star wars(I'm pretty good with a saber btw), attending soccer,basketball, volleyball and softball games!
Just a quick update. The 6 year old is now almost 10 and is a Football freak just like Daddy! So now we pass the Footabll lots and man is my arm sore. My other kids are aspiring musicians and will definately be better than the old man. Guitar hero is king around here so please don't call during Guitar Hero time which is always.
Music
I love all kinds of music but here is a partial list: The Beatles, King's X, Johnny Cash,Miles davis, John Coltrane, Chocolate Genius,Led Zepplin,Rev.Horton Heat,The Band, Stone Temple Pilots, Bob Dylan,Elvis Costello,Ryan Adams, The Replacements,Big Star, The Raspberries,Duke Ellington, Count Basie,Benny Goodman, Morphine,Aimee Mann,Frank Sinatra,The Beach Boys.Rage Against The Machine,Bad Brains, Radiohead,Coldplay,Jeff Buckley,Bright Eyes,Louie Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Webb,Samuel Barber, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach,Woody Herman,Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich,Jo Jones,Big Sid,Tiny Kahn,Dave Tough. Anything Motown,Anything on Stax/Volt,James Brown,Merle Haggard and sometimes Barney!
Movies
Forrest Gump(perhaps the greatest movie ever!), Pay it forward, Citizen Kane, It's a wonderful life,What the Bleep do we know,Supersize Me, All Monty Python movies,The Ruttles, Spinal Tap. Just saw The Wrestler (or Rassler in Texas talk), pretty damn good.
Television
Anything on the History Channel,Sponge Bob.
Books
Tuesday's with Morrie, The Bible, Cookbooks(Alton Brown), Anything Music(drum specific) related and Civil war. Conversations with God, The Secret. Color books-yes I said color books!
Heroes
Drummer's and Bass player's, mostly dead guys. Ringo, Gene Krupa,Levon Helm, Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner,Jo Jones,Buddy Rich,Chick Webb,Jim Gordon,Earl Palmer,Tiny Kahn,Big Sid,Dave Tough,Aden Bubeck, Ginger Baker, Duck Dunn, James Jamerson, Brian Wilson, Dug Pinnick, Paul McCartney, My3 Kids- Evan, Ryun, Madison, My wife Kris, my in-laws and my parents.
..I am a professional drummer in the Dallas, Tx area. I am currently playin' what is refered to as "Texas music" which in other parts of ther world is known as country music. I am currently playing for Max Stalling who is probably the best of the Texas singer/songwriter's. The difference in Texas music is the emphasis is almost totally on the lyrics and the music itself uses more acoustic instruments. A lot of the sound is Mexican influenced. Good stuff. I also work with saxophonist Johnny Reno who has worked with Joe Ely, Chris Issac and written many soundtracks(Spy Kids, Sin City,Melrose Place , etc.). He has released many records and has toured the country extensively. I am also a private drum instructor and have anywhere from 10-15 students at any given time. I teach all ages but mostly younger kids(10-13 trs. old). I am a songwriter as well, having many of my songs appear in movies and record, writing mostly on guitar. This is probably my favorite thing to do. Each song is like a child and giving birth to them is sometimes not easy but always worth the effort. As far as drums go, I am a vintage drum guy(old). I play a couple of different Slingerland Radio King sets from the 30's/40's. Snare drums are always Ludwig. I use Zildjian cymbals and I endorse Vic Firth drum sticks. Go to their website www.vicfirth.com and check out my profile. I also have started using The Kelly Shu which is a horseshoe shaped mounting system for internally mounted bass drum microphones. The mic fits on the "Shu" and is suspended by a series of bungee type cords. The mount stays in place w/out rattles. Highly recommend! I also have a web site www.jeffhowe.com that shows my comings and goings. Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Who I'd like to meet: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney,Jim Keltner,Hal Blaine,Jeff Hamilton,Jim Christie,Billy Ward,Stanton Moore,Earl Palmer, Levon Helm,Johnny Vidokovich, Jimmy Webb,Paul Westerberg. And now the dead guy list:Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, John Bonham, Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton, Davey Tough, Papa Jo Jones, John Lennon, Jeff Buckley.
Just dropped by to show some love,and thank U again for bein' a FRIEND...Put us in your TOP friends if you will,and check our upcoming shows schedule on the page often(it's always updated)...Marvin
Hey ... thnx for the add ! Just stoppin by da check out ya site and drop a lil LuV on ya page. IF YOU LIKE GOOD MUSIC AND TRUE LYRICS THEN HIT ME UP !!! www. myspace. com/dblo10 Thank you for all the help and support :)
Good to have you as a friend! So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people.
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Best, Faber.
"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place. "
Hi Jeff We wanna thank you for your very important support in those sad days.
This thanx are in our name, in the name of Enrico's wife Paola and in the name of his sons.
Enrico Micheletti's ashes are flyin' throughout the universe and we hope his soul is finally arrived at a beautiful destination.
What about his music and the music we had recorded toghether?
We finally decide to get it out. We wanna remeber Enrico in this way. In the first quarter of 2009 we will publish all our and Enrico Micheletti' s materials on Itunes and many other stores on the web.
We'll send you a message when it's all ready.
God bless you!!! Have a wonderful 2009!!!
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVEEEE!!!!!!!
Ciao Jeff ti volevamo ringraziare per le tue parole e per il tuo sostegno in periodo così difficile per noi.
Questi ringraziamenti non sono formali, sono veramente sinceri a nome nostro, della moglie di Enrico Paola e a nome dei suoi figli.
Le ceneri di Enrico Micheletti sono disperse nel mar Tirreno e stanno viaggiando nell' universo. Noi speriamo che anche la sua anima abbia raggiunto finalmente il miglior approdo possibile.
Cosa fare del suo materiale in nostro possesso e del materiale che abbiamo registrato insieme?
Dopo aver pensato a lungo sul da farsi abbiamo deciso di pubblicarlo. Lo pubblicheremo su Itunes ed altri siti così tutti potranno trovarlo se lo cercano. Glielo dobbiamo. Glielo deve chi lo ha conosciuto.
Cercheremo di pubblicare tutto ciò che è in nostro possesso nei primi mesi del 2009.
Appena sarà tutto pronto ti faremo sapere.
Felice Anno Nuovo. Dio ti benedica ancora, grazie. Suonate il blues più che potete!!!!!
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