Red's first fling with Brooklyn Drum Corps came in 2005, when he helped shape up and marched with the Blue Angels Alumni horn line.

Red marched with The Saints from 1973-1977, the Garfield Cadets from 1979-1981 and marched and instructed horns for Bushwackers of Harrison NJ from 1982 - 1984.

Classically trained from age 10, Red played 1st chair trumpet at JP Stevens HS Edison, NJ. He has played with Jon Bonjovi, Bruce Springsteen, Edgar Winter and Jonathon Winter. He has played at the China Club, The Ritz, Big Man's West, Stone Pony, Fast Lane, and studied in Boston at Berkely Music Conservatory for a year in 1985.