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Hey everyone!

So I'm starting a blog and I already know what you are thinking, "Oh great, another person with another blog, blogging about the same old crap that no one cares about.", but this isn't just an average everyday blog. The goal of this blog is to reach musicians (mainly drummers or anyone interested in drums) by doing reviews of products, interviewing drummers about products they use or just everyday life as a touring drummer. Basically this is a blog by a drummer, for drummers. Every once in a while I might mix it up and do something that isn't related to drums, but for the most part this is a straight up drum blog! I have a lot of cool things in the works such as product reviews by me and some of my touring friends, as well as interviews of some drummers you may or may not have heard of before. Before we jump into all of that, let us at least get acquainted first!

So, if you didn't know already, my name is Casey Conrad. I'm 23 and I play drums for a band based out of Nashville, TN called Darling Parade. Check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (darlingparadepics). Our new album will be out in January and we will be touring our butts off after that. Can't wait! Anyway, we toured with Cassadee Pope (NBC's The Voice, previously Hey Monday lead singer), Stephen Jerzak, and Justin Young Jan-Feb of 2012. The first date of this tour started in Anaheim, CA and the last date was in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. We had a blast and made friends with all 3 of them. They are all some of the nicest people and we are so lucky to have had the opportunity to not only meet them, but become friends with them! Super cool people! Anyway, we then did a headlining tour for a few weeks on our own in March, followed by the Launch tour in April which was an east coast tour with Carousel Kings, Major League, and Auburn. All of these dudes are awesome. Check out their music asap! The last date of that tour was at the end of April in Lancaster, PA. We played and hung out for a couple hours, but had to start driving back to Nashville that night because we had to start writing for our new record! We got back to Nashville, then turned right around and went up to Kentucky for about 4 days to a cabin to start writing. We wrote for all of May and most of June, then we finally started recording. Needless to say we spent about 6 months on this record, which brings us to today. We are just waiting on the mastered tracks and our album art to come back and then we can get the ball rolling on this stuff :)

So that's just a little bit about what I do and what I've been up to this year. Also, you should follow me on twitter. @CaseyParade22

Thanks for reading! Share with your friends. I will get the cool stuff rolling soon. :)

Keep it real!
Casey