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The Click Track Is Already Running

Apr 20, 2026 · 1 min read · ♥ 1

Most drummers probably know the feeling. The click is going, the intro is playing, and your part is coming up fast. Forty years behind a kit and it still gets me sometimes (like yesterday morning at rehearsal). I filmed a short video about what that…

Sometimes You Just Need It In a Different Key

Apr 15, 2026 · 2 min read · ♥ 2

Along with the new company announcement yesterday, I’m really proud to announce the release of the SetKey app for Mac from Rendered! As a part-time bassist in the worship band at August Gate church, it was difficult for me to practice along with the reference…

Called Back to Granite City: Drums, Church Plants, and Borrowed Spaces

Mar 31, 2026 · 8 min read · ♥ 7

The old van and band have been on my mind lately, but as I've been writing about my time behind the drums and the computer with Fragile Porcelain Mice, it's made me reflect on the roots of my musical ministry that started about 15 years…

One Locked Wheel and FPM at the Rented-Out Football Shack

Mar 30, 2026 · 3 min read · ♥ 2

Gladys the van and FPM have been on my mind since this post the other day about the old band rehearsal house. As the keeper of the van, I remember getting a literal crash course in brake calipers while driving Gladys to one of our…

A Ghost From the Past: Early FPM Rehearsal House

Mar 27, 2026 · 4 min read · ♥ 2

This hit me kind of hard today. I took the truck out for some air, and ended up heading into Columbia, IL and onto Steppig Road, where Fragile Porcelain Mice rehearsed in the very early 1990s at the house of the late Bob Ault, a…