Here are some pictures from the session at Verdant Studios in VT from June 2010. Pete Weiss has a great room up there and his recording philosophy completely matches what I am trying to achieve with the drum tracks for my next release - simplicity is best!

Here is Ron Ingalla’s review of Feel.

“A bombastic collage of throbbing soliloquy! With incredible momentum Todd Campbell lays out an incredible world full of the fire and energy of creation. Working from beat to beat with seamless transitions, the artists develops and improvises masterfully under a iced-cooly persona. The likes of Art Blakey, Mitch Mitchell, and other great drummers, Campbell unifies listeners under a flag of a revolutionary and experimental sound.
Tr. 1 "Sub-Revolution (always compromised)" – An incredible opener with bombastic flair and subtly surprising transitions. The mastery of high to low, fast to slow are experienced fully in this track.
Tr. 4 "Fetish a Go-Go" – Funky bebop and flaring tempo, this hot groove is bound to hook any listener ball and chain. Complex polyrhythm melts into the track halfway in with crashing cymbal work masterfully executed. Makes you want to look but not touch.
Tr. 9 "Rubber-Earth Reality" – An earthy hue of ground work. From roots to tip this track is where it's at—full capacity."

Here’s the link to Feel on CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/toddcampbell

Wednesday March 24, VVVEAD will perform at Bloomsburg University. 7pm, Haas Center for the Arts.

Pre-production! A long, interesting and scary process. There’s nothing quite stranger that beginning a project - the feeling of a blank sonic canvas - some ideas are in place but many are not. It’s just a question of learning to be ok with that.

Here’s a clip from my Drum Clinic at the Greenville Guitar Academy on February 19, 2010. That’s Michael Vick playing the fretless gear.

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Witness Benjamin Funk Johnson's intro at The Strings Of Saturn w/ Michael Vick on Fretless Bass, Todd Campbell on Drums and Matt Olson on Sax live at Furman University 2010!

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Here are two short clips from a VVVEAD performance from January 2008.

This is a clip from a performance during a **class** at Furman - April 2008.

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