It was great catching up with professional drummer, music school owner and soon to be dad, Dan Welby. In 1999 this Massachusetts native set out to attend the prestigious Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, driving cross country in a van packed to the gills with music gear and band mates from the young and hungry east coast thrashers, Hostile Groove. By 2003 HG was on the cover of the LA Weekly and played to a packed house as they debuted their Unleash The Mass Attack album at the world famous Whiskey a Go Go club in West Hollywood.

Along with touring, session work and other various musical endeavors, Dan developed a passion for teaching which eventually led to the creation of his own music school, SoundCheck Music School, with wife and bandmate Electra Barakos. These days, when not busy teaching and managing operations at the school, Dan can be seen performing in the LA area with Electra Barakos or Time and the Dragon.