Jimmy D'Anda

April 11 - So I've been really bad about updating my web site...I apologize. I do have some news though. My cover band "Headbanger's Ball" has secured a residency every Friday night at Sam's in Huntington Beach (16278 South Pacific Coast Hwy) starting on May 2nd. My band is: Jeff Duncan of Armored Saint on guitar, Kevin Baldes of Lit on bass and Sean Katlan on vox. We'll be playing a lot of fun rock - wear your denim and leather! We'll be playing at least until June 6th so come by and say hi and hang out! Here's the link to Sam's web site. Jimmy D

Jan. 6 - Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you all had safe holidays. I'm finally back to work after a bit of vacation time with my family. I'm starting the year off running. Starting Friday, Feb. 8th (note new date), my band will be the house band at the House of Blues in Las Vegas every Friday night. My band is: Kevin Baldes on bass, Jeff Duncan on guitar, and Andrew Freeman on vox. We're calling ourselves Jukebox Heroes and we'll be playing a variety of rock classics from the 80's, 90's and current rock tunes as well as some of our own songs from BulletBoys, Lit, and Armored Saint. If any of you are out in Vegas over a weekend, come check us out - it's sure to be a fun time. We plan on booking some L.A. shows real soon too so I'll keep you posted about that. The NAMM show is coming up in a couple of weekends too - I hope to see some of you there as well. I'll be visiting with my drum companies and of course taking in some tips at the Digidesign booth. I'll also be releasing an EP (at least) by the spring at the latest with songs I've done with Romero - you can hear some of them on my Myspace. Check back soon. I'll be putting up pictures from Vegas and NAMM in the next coming weeks. Thanks! Jimmy D

Nov. 19 -So my birthday bash was a blast. I want to thank everyone who came to the gig. I especially want to thank my band: Jeff Duncan, Kevin Baldes, and Andrew Freeman. I really appreciate you making this such a fun and rockin' night for me. I also want to thank A.J. and Jeremy Popoff from Lit for coming and playing a few songs with me. I can't remember when I had such an amazing time playing music. I'm happy to say, that the rest of the band had as good a time as I did and we've decided to do more shows. I'll keep you posted on where we'll be playing soon. Check out pictures on my Myspace and look for some video clips on my Youtube page soon.

Oct. 27 - I'm having my birthday bash at Paladino's on Friday, November 16th. Come out and see me play with my friends: Sean McNabb (Quiet Riot, Great White) on bass, Kevin Baldes (Lit) on bass, Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint, DC4) on guitar and Andrew Freeman (Lynch Mob) on vox. I'm inviting a lot of my friends to come and jam too. We'll be playing some covers and you might here a few BulletBoys songs too. Come out and celebrate with me. Click and print the discount flyer on this page.

August 29 - We finally got settled in the new house, and the studio had to have some upgrades and get defragged, so it's been slow going for recording and mixing to say the least. I'm hoping to have some new songs up as soon as possible. The new singer I've been working with, Romero, flies out in a few weeks, the new songs I've been writing are starting to come together. Somebody recently wrote me asking why it takes so long for me to put more songs up ....well I write, record and play all the instruments on my stuff, not because I've got control issues rather it's hard to get a bass player and engineer to come out durring the week day (my weekends are family time). If you happen to know a bass player or engineer who'd be into coming out to help be apart of this have them shoot me an e-mail. J

July 19 - Hey Everyone, we've moved and I'm finally up and running on the internet. You don't know how detached I felt from the world without my internet. So Max's show at the Troubadour was awesome. I can't tell you how proud I felt and how surreal it felt seeing my boy on stage at the Troubadour at 14. I was 14 when I first played the Troubadour! My old friend and drum tech (from the BulletBoys days), Cooch, was there to help Max and that made the whole night feel even crazier. He had a good turn out and played great. I'll post some pictures up on my MySpace and I'm sure Max will post some video on his Myspace and on Youtube soon. I'm setting up the studio and I'm tweaking it a bit to get it where I want it again. Romero will be coming out again next month so we can get back to work, so I'm looking forward to that. Other than that, I'm enjoying the summer and swimming in the pool. I'll check back soon. Jimmy D

July 11 - Max has a gig at the Troubadour this Sunday at 7:30pm. I hope some of you will come check him out. the band he's playing with is called Sunglasses After Dark. Jimmy D

June 22 - So I've been really bad at posting updates, I hope you understand. Romero and I have come up with some really cool stuff and we should have a record done by the end of summer. I'm still looking for a space for my studio so that has taken up some time. I'm glad that summer is here now. My son is done with homeschooling for this year so now we can just hang and have a good time...BBQ, swim, and rehearse this summer. I hope all the dads out there had a great Father's Day. I sure did. We started out with my wife, sister-in-law and mom making me and my brother a great breakfast. Then the rest of the day was just resting, watching movies, and relaxing with the family. I'm testing out some new drum heads for Aquarian right now. So far they sound great. I'll give more details as I work my way through them. Jimmy D

May 7 - Hey everyone. So a lot has been going on since I last checked in. I'm working with this great singer from Colorado named Romero - he's in a band named Drug Under. Romero has been flying out and we've been recording in my studio. You can hear two of our songs on my Myspace. One is called Devil's Little Helper and the other is The Sparrow. We've got more songs done and I hope with another trip or two, that we'll have a good record to put out. Can't wait for you to hear more, but you're gonna have to. On the family front, I'm happy to announce that my son has been accepted to a great performing arts high school next year and we're all very happy that he's going to be able to get a good education and play music everyday. We're also hoping that at this school, he'll find some good players for a band and life long friends. As always, I've been upgrading my studio. Right now I'm contemplating going from the Digi 002 to the HD - it seems like now is the time. Anyway, I'd love to hear from ya. Jimmy D

March 26 - I know, it's been exactly a month since I last checked in. Well....I have been expanding my studio more and more and I'm still looking for a place to move it into. I got a new Gibson guitar a Marshall cabinet and Mesa Boogie half stack that I've been playing with. I'm just working on my guitar tone. I want to be able to offer equipment rental to bands that come in to record so that I have everything dialed in. I'm also testing out a bass amp to see which I want to purchase. Yes I am a gear head. For those of you haven't heard yet, I have a new song up on my MySpace that I did with Jimmy Coup called Just Lucky - check it out. I have Romero from Drug Under coming in to sing on some stuff. Other than that I'm totally into the movie '300,' watching new episodes of LOST and I can't wait for Heroes to start up again next month. Looking foward to the Sopranos and Entourage starting their new seasons too. See ya!

February 26 - Wow has it been almost a month since I've checked in? I suck. Well, I'm still putting together specs for the studio. I'm happy to say that I've made some additional purchases so I have a lot to add to the specs. I'm also actively looking for an outside space for my studio. I've outgrown my den. If anyone knows of any small space where I can set up my studio let me know. I'm looking anywhere from Hollywood to Burbank to Downtown. I want something small to start and then move on to something bigger. Other than that, I've been working with Jimmy Coup on some new songs, and I've also been working with Olin/London 77. As a matter of fact, we just shot a video over the weekend so I'll post that when it's done being edited. Talk soon. Jimmy D

January 31 - I've been working hard in the studio. I'll be starting a web site for it soon and I will unveil its name once I get the specs together and photos in place. Hopefully I will have all of it done within a couple of weeks. Check back. Jimmy D

January 21 - So NAMM was a lot of fun. I like to see all the new gear that is going to come out. This year I spent a lot of time at the Digidesign booth getting tips for my studio. I learned a lot in an hour. I also got to thank John at DW in person for the great new drum set. I meet with John and Garrison a few times a year, but this is the first time I've seen them since getting the new kit. You can see pictures of it on my Myspace photos. I can't wait to get it on stage. You can also check out my Endorsements page here on my web site to see photos I took with John and Garrison at DW, Roy, Chris and Jamie at Aquarian and of course Marco from Vic Firth. They are all such great companies to work with. I'll check back again soon. Jimmy D

January 6 - So I'm making some adjustments to my web site. I'm adding a Blog apart from this page. One that's easier and quicker for me to just log in, write, and log out. The web site takes me a little more time. You can still see my blog; it's in the links on this page. I'm still testing some stuff out so give me a chance to get used to it. Anyway, this year I will also be adding a web site for my studio where I'm recording bands and producing them. I'll also be adding another aspect now that the studio is in full force - I will be offering drum tracks to those who would like to pay for my services. More details to come on that too. I'll be going to the NAMM show in a couple of weeks so hopefully I'll see some of you there. I've been doing a lot of recording with Olin and you'll be hearing that soon once it's mastered and packaged. Anyway, I've got the year off to a fast start and I'm happy about that - life is great! Jimmy D