Memory Memory is the second song on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album, and like Expectation, it’s also one of my early compositions. Although it’s in standard 4 / 4 time, I felt that recording the drums in a s... Jul 2, 2025 Song Stories
Isolation (posted By Trevor) Damien contacted me to see if I would be interested in singing the male part of thesong Isolation, that he had written about the Covid lockdown. We had played in bands together in Ireland many years p... Jun 17, 2025 Song Stories
Expectation Expectation is the opening song on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album, and it’s one of the first songs I wrote. It started as a 2x 16-bar guitar figure that was circling in my head at the time, which pla... Jun 17, 2025 Song Stories
Isolation (Posted by Damien) Background I wrote ‘Isolation’ in late March 2020 just as Covid lockdowns were becoming widespread. Even at that early point in the pandemic, I had a feeling it would not be over and done with as quic... May 14, 2025 Song Stories
Live and Studio drum Gear Gearing up This blog section is for all drummers and drum gear enthusiasts out there. Below I describe my current drums set-up, which is the basic kit with kick, toms, and snare, along with cymbals an... Mar 17, 2025 Drums and Equipment
BackFoot recordings, release, and website I found a recording engineer who played guitar, bass and some keyboards on the first 6 songs, in addition to myself on drums and David on vocals. This was finished in his home studio in 2012 and I dec... Jan 24, 2025 About BackFoot
BackFoot Beginnings and First Songs In 2011, I joined a tribute / covers band as temporary replacement drummer. The three other band members had written one or two original numbers each. My wife said why don’t I write my own songs as we... Nov 19, 2024 About BackFoot
BackFoot Founder I’m Damien Dockery, drummer, songwriter, and founder of BackFoot. I’m from the midlands in Ireland, and started learning and playing drums in my teens. Started playing with local bands in my early 20’... Nov 8, 2024 About BackFoot