I’m featured in a Modern Drummer blog this month! Check it out at http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2012/04/dusty-saxton-with-brandon-rhyder/#.T5nnB45VtL8
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Today I had a recording session with Brandon Rhyder to record his latest radio single at The Zone in Dripping Springs, an awesome studio hidden in the Texas hill country. Drum tones were awesome and I wrapped up tracking in time for lunch!
As a drummer, sometimes the best way to spice up your playing is to change your setup. Add a drum, take away a drum, put a drum in a new spot. Last night in Oklahoma City I had to do just this!
Due to a hardware mixup I only brought one cymbal stand, which meant nowhere to mount my rack Tom. I but my first floor Tom where my rack Tom would normally go. Later I realized I could mount my rack Tom off my hi hat stand. It was definitely an interesting and fun new setup!
This week I had the chance to meet and play a SXSW showcase with Sonia Rao from the tv show The Voice. It’s always awesome playing spontaneous shows with new artists. Sonia is an awesome singer and very dedicated to her music, you can tell this just by meeting her. It was a fun show and I look forward to playing with her again in the future!!
+ Read more…Two new cover videos posted of songs by two of my favorite bands and drummers!
Set Fire To The Hive by Karnivool and Ouroborous by The Mars Volta
Ouroborous by The Mars Volta cover
Set Fire To The Hive by Karnivool cover
+ Read more…Came by the studio to hear the progress on Adan Davila’s project I recorded drums on a few months ago. Drums are sounding huge!!
This week I added all new pictures to the website. All of the photos you see here were taken by the amazing Kat Bevel. You can see more of her work at www.katbevel.com
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This week, I’m in Orlando, Florida. My dear friends from JH Audio, makers of my amazing in ear monitors, are hosting a fundraiser event for children with PDCD (Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency).
Only a handful of children in the US are diagnosed with PDCD and this fundraiser is focused on raising money to bring the families together to meet each other and go on a trip to Disney World. Part of the fundraising includes a silent auction full of some awesome rockstar items.
This week I’m in Vegas playing at the South Point Casino with Brandon Rhyder. It’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo week so Las Vegas is crazy with boots and cowboy hats and Miss Me jeans as far as the eye can see!! Excited to have a crazy week!
So after my gig with Tucker Jameson last Saturday, Tucker and producer Jim Barber (Ryan Adams, Calhoun) took me to my first Indian food restaurant. Obviously I wasn’t the only first timer at the table. You ever seen 6 people at dinner order the same thing before?!? It was good, but Rockstar Rule #362 says “never risk a meal on food you might not like”. I was lucky this time.
Awesome view of the kit pre-show at Cowboys in Arlington, Texas tonight. Great crowd.
So I walked outside this morning to leave for Bus Call and noticed my passenger side window had been busted out. At first I didn’t think anything had been stolen but after a very windy and cold drive to the bus I realized my black Vic Firth backpack had been stolen. Nothing valuable was in it thank God but it did have all my clothes in it (some jeans, t shirts, etc), so I had about 90% of my clothes stolen. All I have now is a few button up shirts I had left on the bus, the jeans I have on, and looks like I’ll be reppin’ Whiskey Myers for a while. Lol.
After I got on the bus and passed out asleep the bus broke down a few hours down the road and we were stranded most of the day. Luckily with the help of some amazing, super dedicated, and ultra hardcore friends/fans we made it to the show, trailer and all. The show was great and the place was packed. It was definitely an awesome ending to a crappy day for everyone. Now I have an hour and a half until free breakfast at the La Quinta in Wichita Falls. Rockstar Rule: Never pass up a free meal!
New bus is coming to pick us up tomorrow. Apparently it’s the bus the B52′s just had. I’m pretty excited about that.
So today the Rock Gods wanted me to reacquaint myself with 2 rockstar rules that I think I may have forgotten: 1. Pack light. And 2. Never pass up a free meal. Noted.
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It’s awesome going to see a band play and their drummer is using your sticks!!
Hanging out on the bus after the show with Brooks, Matt, Eddie, Brandon, and Wade
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Last week I was at FireStation Studios in San Marcos for an awesome rock session with Producer Kelly Donnely.
Kelly is a great producer who knows exactly what he wants so the session went very quickly. I look forward to working with him again soon!
Hello! Welcome to my new website. Check out the videos!
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