Full-time professional freelance musician and multi-instrumentalist for all styles of music.
Music Samples:
"Changing Faces" by PRELUDE - Breezing Up (SonyBMG Records)
Heean Ko (piano)
Charles Lee (tenor saxophone)
Richard Rho (tenor saxophone)
Won-Seok Choi (alto saxophone)
Jin Bae Choi (acoustic bass)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums)
club.cyworld.com/prelude
"Cold Rain" by Abe Lagrimas, Jr. - Dimensions (Pass Out Records)
Heean Ko (piano)
Randy Wong (bass)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. ('ukulele, vibes, percussion, drums)
"Koishikute" by BEGIN, arranged by Abe Lagrimas, Jr. - Lovers Uke (Universal Records)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. ('ukulele, vibes, bass, drums)
"Space 32" by Abe Lagrimas, Jr. - Dimensions (Pass Out Records)
Heean Ko (piano)
Shawn Conley (bass)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (percussion, drums)
Musical group affiliations
Prelude: club.cyworld.com/prelude
Charmaine Clamor: charmaineclamor.com
Don Tiki: dontiki.com
My Kit:
Circa 1960's Gretsch Roundbadge
5 1/2 x 14 Snare
13 x 9 Tom
16 x 16 Floor Tom
22 x 14 Bass Drum Cymbals
Paiste Cymbals
14" Signature Dark Crisp Hi-Hat (top)
14" 2002 Sound Edge Hi-Hat (bottom)
20" Traditional Light Flat Ride
21" New Signature Light Dark Ride Mark I
16" Traditional Thin Crash (not shown) Drumheads
Remo Drumheads
Coated Powerstroke 3 (snare batter & bass drum batter)
Coated Ambassador (tom batter, tom resonant, and bass drum resonant) Sticks & Mallets
Vic Firth
American Jazz AJ2
American Jazz AJ3
Heritage Brush
Rutes
American Custom T6 Timpani Mallets
Victor Mendoza (M23) Vibraphone Mallets
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. is an exclusive artist endorser for the following:
Abe Factoids:
Born in Guam, a U.S. Territory
Began playing drums at age 4
Graduate of Waipahu High School (Waipahu, HI)
Graduate of Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)
Has a Bachelor's of Music Degree in Music Education
Won a drum contest sponsored by Modern Drummer Magazine at age 12
Began playing the ukulele in April 2003
Played ukulele at Carnegie Hall in New York City one year later
2006 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards nominee (Most Promising Artist)
2008 Hawaii Music Award Winner (Seasonal Category - A Pass Out Records Christmas)
Managed by Eric Lagrimas
Lagrimas Entertainment Group Inc.
Email: lagrimas.music@gmail.com
ABE LAGRIMAS, JR. - Lovers Uke (Universal Music Japan 2007 ABE LAGRIMAS, JR. - Dimensions (Pass Out Records) 2005
2005 Hawaii Music Award Nominee - Ukulele Album
2006 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Nominee - Most Promising Artist
DISCOGRAPHY
Abe Lagrimas, Jr.
A Pass Out Records Christmas (2007) Pass Out Records
drums, ukulele, vibes, guitar, bass, percussion, arrangements
Lovers Uke (2007) Universal Music Japan
drums, ukulele, vibes, guitar, bass, percussion, compositions, arrangements
Dimensions (2005) Pass Out Records
drums, ukulele, vibes, guitar, percussion, compositions
Akamai Brain Collective (2003) Pass Out Records
ukulele, drums, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, compositions
lol. dude, i'm in hawaii. haha. brian's up in LA. hahahaha. you're too funny. you're making ME confused. so wait... you're in town or you flew to LA? gosh, look at you, traveling all over the place. can't keep up.
dude, sorry i missed your show. i was so out of it. r u still gonna be around or are you flying back up? btw, ask your bro if he still wants to work with me w/ some songs... hit me back.
Hi Abe! I am such a big fan. When are you coming back to LA?! I watched you at Catalina last December with Mon David.. he's my uncle, btw. I'm sure you've heard this a million times, but i'll say it again. You have such an amazing talent. Hats off to you.
Excerpts from a new song added from the 2006 release from TNC "Johnny Pate's 80th Birthday Concert" to my profile...
Solos by Phil Woods (sax), James Moody (sax), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Monty Alexander (piano) with 2-bar drum solos by Nolan Stolz (drums). New Zealander Nick Tipping is on bass.
...i can't get enough of caravan for some reason. wow, i could listen to that tatng guy play all day...so medlodic. even julius. filipinos got some talent eh!?
...oh and i think you need more practice on your drumming skills. HAHA, just playing =P you're awesome!
anyway, sorry to hear melenj can't come. tell her don't work to hard!
well, thanks for the bday wishes. soon it will be your turn muahaha! see you soon
