A FATHER,HUSBAND, BROTHER, FRIEND AND SON, A DRUMMER, HUNTER AND GOLFER FOR FUN. THIS GUY LIKES TO PLAY!! DOUG GREW UP HERE IN THE MOTOR CITY WITH A STRONG INFLUENCE OF MUSIC AND WAS NOTICED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH HIS NATURAL RHYTHM ABILITY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. BEING A SELF TAUGHT, NATURAL BORN DRUMMER, DOUG STARTED PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY IN BANDS AT AGE 16 AND HAS BEEN PLAYING LIVE MUSIC IN 100'S OF DIFFERENT LOCAL VENUES SINCE HE WAS 18. THROUGH THE YEARS, DOUG HAS RECORDED 4 FULL LENGTH ORIGINAL ALBUMS AND RECORDED DRUMS FOR VARIOUS SOLO ARTISTS ALONG WITH PLAYING SOME GREAT DETROIT LOCAL BANDS AND MUSICIANS SUCH AS: NEXT BIG NOTHING, THE SIMPLETONS, KILLER FLAMINGOS, GIFTHORSE, REDHILL AND BMI SOLO ARTIST- JUSTINE BLAZER. HE JUST RECENTLY SIGNED ON WITH SCOOT MAGOO IN FALL OF 2009 AND IS SCOOTING ALONG JUST FINE. 'DRUMMERS MAKE BETTER LOVERS BECAUSE DRUM MACHINES HAVE NO SOUL'