Like most serious and professional drummers, I always wanted to play a snare drum with a unique voice, since the snare drum is the center-piece behind the drum set. Having played the very best drums in the industry, including Yamaha, Pearl, Tama, DW and others over the span of my thirty- year career, I longed for something different like many fellow drummers today.  I wanted the snare drum to be  unique in sound, truly custom, and one of a kind to develop a signature sound.  In 1998, while stationed with the United States Navy Band in Honolulu, Hawaii, I became intrigued with the wood of the indigenous Koa tree. I purchased lumber of this exotic species to build my first snare drum.  With this drum, my passion to create the highest quality drums and drum sets was ignited.  After extensive research and experimenting with the three main processes of crafting,  ply shells, steam bent one ply (solid) shells, and stave (segment) shells, I am convinced of the superiority of stave shell design.  So, I began hand-crafting custom snare drums and drum sets for my students and local gigging drummers.  With growing interest and requests from session players, professional drummers, local studios, symphonic percussionists and students,  Artisan Drumworks was officially born in November 2004, in Memphis, Tennessee… Home of the Blues and The Birthplace of Rock & Roll.   Since the company’s inception, we have meticulously handcrafted the highest quality instruments for customers to their exact preferences from shell type and thickness, wood species, hardware choice, and finish type- one drum at a time.  Playing drums and crafting drums are my passions.  I pledge to you the Artisan Drumworks’ exclusive Lifetime Warranty and your complete satisfaction in a snare drum or drum set that has no equal.

Artisan… from one craftsman to another