In October of 2007 I met Lindsay Dobbin of the Halifax band - Play Guitar , through a chance encounter -- she was living in the apartment above a friend's place, where my band was crashing while on tour. In search of a password to their wireless I went up to talk to her and in the process realized she was also a drummer and had just finished painting her bass drum head for an upcoming show at the Halifax Pop Explosion. I loved the drum head so much that I asked if she would paint one for me in time for my band's show (coincidentally also at the Pop Explosion). She agreed! Her image of "Catras" was immediately admired by many and added so much to the life of my drums that it prompted me to start this project.
four on the floor projects began in January 2008 with an open call for submissions to hold rotating exhibitions on the front of my kick drum. Thanks to Lindsay for the inspiration and to Catras for being such a great mascot for this endeavour.
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