Discography & Biography

Logan Dudding began playing drums at age ten, studying through private lessons with the encouragement of his parents. By age eleven — through a combination of earned skill and his father’s persistence — he was sitting in with the Montana Tech Pep Band. What began as an opportunity became a long-standing role: Logan remained involved with the pep band from age eleven until graduating from Montana Tech at twenty-two. Those formative years gave him an early education in performance discipline, consistency, and reading a room — long before he was playing in bars or bands.

 

Logan continued private lessons throughout middle school and high school including a year of guitar lessons. Logan played in a couple bands, most notably playing behind Tim Montana during their teenage years. They occasionally played a handful of songs at bars or house parties — informal, early glimpses into what a life in music could look like. In 2004,  Logan attempted to join Tim at Musicians Institute in West Hollywood, California.

 

Moving from Butte to Hollywood was a culture shock. The pace, the scale, and the atmosphere were radically different from the mining town he had known his entire life. Logan’s time in Los Angeles was extremely brief, and he ultimately returned to Butte. Though short-lived, that chapter expanded Logan’s perspective and confirmed something important: wherever he built his musical life, it would have to feel authentic.

 

Back at Montana Tech in the mid-2000s, Logan bounced between projects, playing house parties, campus events, and talent shows. Around 2005, he met Chad Ball and Johnny Chevy (Johnny Vance), who were performing as Two Cents that had recently lost their drummer to graduation. Around that same time, Logan met Jim O’Brien in a physics lab and soon discovered Jim was a guitarist. Longtime friend Mike Hazel joined on bass. The group secured a practice space in the back room of a candy store — a space that had once been a bar called Room 71. They adopted that name for the band. Two Cents and Room 71 existed until 2007.  When graduation scattered members, Johnny and Jim moved closer to the sea, Chad remained active locally, and Mike Hazel stayed rooted in Butte.

 

In 2009, Logan stepped into a more established local scene when he replaced friend and fellow drummer the late Cory Curran as drummer for the popular Butte band Late Nite Radio. Corey's passing created a gap no one could fill. The lineup included Chad Ball (guitar), Rob McClain (bass), and John Montoya (guitar). Late Nite Radio performed locally and developed a loyal following until disbanding in 2013 so members could focus more intently on original material through the Chad Ball Band.

 

The Chad Ball Band featured Chad Ball on guitar and vocals, Logan on drums, and Dr. Michael Paul Masters — a multi-instrumentalist and pianist with deep creative roots in the area. Masters also led The Red Mountain Band, which included Zack Jensen (bass), Chad Ball (guitar), Mike Masters (keys, mandolin, guitar), Sarah Zora Crossman (violin), Kiera Arps Masters (banjo), and Justine Conlan (flute). The Red Mountain Band built momentum alongside Masters’ growing literary success. As his book gained widespread popularity, the band eventually disbanded in 2019.

 

Chad Ball and Sarah Zora Crossman continued writing and later brought Logan in to form The Restless Pines. The Pines were an acoustic trio that featured Logan and cajon or box drum.  The group gained popularity around southwest Montana and recorded at a professional studio in Bozeman in 2023 but would dissolve later the same year.

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In 2014, Logan formally built Neptune Studio in his home in Butte. Initially a space for band demos and experimentation, it steadily evolved as he added equipment, improved signal flow, and refined his recording knowledge. He continues to strive for a level of technical capability that matches his ambition.

 

Between bands (and sometimes while in a band), Logan occasionally marketed himself as an acoustic solo act. After The Restless Pines dissolved, he began asking a different question: could he become the entire band himself?

 

Around 2022, he began researching live looping extensively. He spent a full year studying gear, workflow, and structure — followed by another year rehearsing and refining the approach. Instead of looping simple percussion or basic guitar layers, Logan committed to looping a full drum kit, integrating bass, guitar, and vocals (and the occasional harmonica) into one cohesive solo performance. He also began and continues working with a vocal instructor to strengthen his range and consistency.

 

Since then, Logan has focused on performing as a solo looping artist — blending original songs with reimagined covers in extended three- to four-hour live sets. His approach draws equally from his percussion background and his years in collaborative bands. The mining history of Butte, the working-class ethic of southwest Montana, and decades of shared stages and rehearsal rooms continue to inform his writing.

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Neptune Studio remains active as both a creative laboratory and a recording space for local artists from what began as a back-room practice culture.