I love working with wood, I also love giving the tree a new life. I have been making drums for four years, and have learned much in their creation. I am proud of the drums that I make.

I have found that there is knowing in all people that without the drums there is no music, just as when there is no heart beat, there is no life. I tell people this when I hear "I have no rhythm" or, "I couldn't keep a beat if I had to".

Hammer Drums is becoming well known on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. I have been encouraging this tribal creativity in many people. I have made five drums that were purchased by drum instructors on the Island of Oahu. I have a good reputation for doing very good, innovative work. I have had two shows at The Art Plantation in the last four years. I have my pieces in four beautiful galleries on the Island of Oahu. I have also put drums in a large music store in Honolulu Hawaii.

I have been putting the official "Hammer Brand" on roughly 75% of the drums I've made. Many people have made the connection between my name and my work.

In the community that I live in, drums are sacred, they are the culture. When they are played here on Oahu, there is festivity and learning. There can be no dances without the drums, through the dances the history is told and remembered.

When I am out in public with my drums, it is most common for small children to be attracted to the drums, they know.

Then there are the mothers with very young children and they say "oh look drums" bringing their children right to them, they know.

Then I see everyone else; the middle-aged men that tap them with their thumbs, and the teenagers that watch from a distance, all people, are interested.

All people want to beat because they are already beating, it is the closest to our true nature. To beat effortlessly, without worry, to trust entirely, to live full and with love.