"I chose to play Mapex because I love great quality and consistent sounding drums. Mapex is unmatched."
Jack currently resides in Nashville, TN and is the drummer for the Gold selling rock/rap band Emblem3 (on and off) since 2014. He is a Touring / Session drummer and has played the drums for 26 years (since he was 4 years old) Originally from St. Louis, MO, with a focus on touring, studio work, and managing other drummers. He has worked with artists across a wide variety of genres and has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music.
Jack got his first taste of drumming on his parent’s kitchen floor with a pair of wooden spoons and a set of metal pots. Growing up in a musical family, it didn’t take long for Jack to transition from the kitchen floor to his dad’s 6-piece drum kit and with two older brothers also involved in music, basement band practices and jam sessions became a part of his daily routine.
Throughout high school and into college, Jack continued to develop his craft, studying jazz percussion. At the age of 16, he signed his first record deal with Warbird Records as the drummer for the punk band, Dead City Dregs. In the years to follow, Jack would go on to share the stage with The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, and Quest Love, embark on his first major national tour with pop band Once Upon A Time, and record an EP with RIAA gold-status producer, Kevin W. Gates.
In 2014 Jack moved to Los Angeles and began playing drums for Drew Chadwick who had recently split from his band Emblem3 (X Factor, Columbia/Syco Records). When Emblem3 got back together in October of 2015, Jack played drums for their comeback show, which was featured on ABC Family’s, “Dr. Ken” and the rest is history with Emblem3. Jack has also played drums for pop artist, Spencer Sutherland, country artist Sam Williams (Universal Music Group), (son of Hank Willam’s) Shy Carter (Warner Music Group), Tegan Marie (Warner Music Group), and christian/pop/rock artist ALOB. Jack is well versed in the pop rock world but has also shared the stage with some of today’s biggest country stars such as Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Hunter Hayes, and Cassadee Pope. He’s been featured on Disney Channel, Radio Disney, Good Morning America, Today Show, among many others.