Bob Lupton Keeps the GrooveI have enjoyed an extensive career as a drummer musician providing drumbeats, drum tracks and drumming performances that include appearances with Colorado bands such as JAB, Witch Asylum, Boyz with Big Toyz, Petti Bourgeois, Rare Moment Show Band, The F.B.I (Federal Blues Investigators) and many other groups that were also awesome but never made it past the garage! I worked with Todd Park Mohr in the Atlantics, pre-Big Head and the Monsters. I hit the 2000 gig mark just in my high school years gigging with regional touring bands and playing ten shows a day every summer at the Elitich Gardens Theme park (Six Flags).In and after college, I had the opportunity to play jazz, big band, jazz fusion, and classical music including the Guy Lombardo Band, Arthur Duncan, the Almost to Big Jazz Band, even Jacques Brel musicals. More recently, I played with the Dave Rawlinson country rock band. Today I record and perform with several bands. I feel good about returning to my roots and first love: Rock Drumming! The Norrish Reaction band, a Seattle inspired, alternative rock sound which demands strong drumming. The songs are sometimes powerful and other times warm, but always desiring a big drum rhythm! I also travel with the The Roberts - a band who entertains fans with high energy live shows. R&B and classic rock pumps them up. Over the 48 plus years while traveling and working, I have remained true to my creative passion – music. I also think you will appreciate and love the Norrish Reaction CDs. They capture that big drum sound I so dearly love and a sound I truly want to share to make you happy!!!

My name is Bob Lupton, and I am a professor of technology in the Information Technology Management Department at Central Washington University. ITM offers high demand programs online and on campus using multi-modal deliveries.My professional business experiences include Fortune 100 companies such as Honeywell Inc., and Warner-Lambert Company along with retailers such as Kmart, 7-11, and Daylight Donuts giving me a strong foundation for both teaching the ITM student and leading the ITM department.My academic experiences have taken me to wonderful places and have allowed me to meet incredible students and colleagues not just here at CWU but around the world. My academic travels include Europe, Central Europe, and Australia. My research has been featured in publications such as Journal of Allied Health Sciences, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Marketing Educators’ Association Proceedings, Journal of Education for Business, International Journal of Educational Management, Journal for Global Business Education, European Retail Digest among others, in areas such as music in the workplace with impact on productivity and morale; brand loyalty, retail social networking and digital download; IT ethics; and industrial marketing. When not on campus, I enjoy time with my family and perform drums with the Seattle band Norrish Reaction and local band The Roberts. As I reflect on one of the Norrish Reaction songs called ‘Let it Go,’ I celebrate that the journey is powerful and life is short. I hope each and every student finds his/her passion while traveling through CWU ITM. Indeed, experience that ‘ah hah’ moment! ...and just...Let It Go!