i recently moved to los angeles from nyc. while in new york i was fortunate enough to play with some of he best musicians in the world. such as conrad korsch, john ellis, carlos alomar, john zorn, danny sadownick, javier, uri caine, jonathan kreisberg, dave binney, dieselboy, george garzone, juancho herrera, gustavo amarante, renato thoms, panagiotis andreou, the mason brothers, bob reynolds, jon cowherd, jessica lurie, dave phelps, mike manieri, ron affif, graham haynes, claudia acuna, matt beck, eric krasno, jonathan townes, joe lovano, oz noy, ben street, tom barney, kermit driscoll, nir felder,johannes wallman, matt rubano, jesse gibbon, bryan charette, nunzio signoire, chris buono, manu koch, enrique haniene, dennis mitcheltree, janek gwizdala, pete mc cann, queen esther, scott wendholdt, ritchie and erin canata, bernie worell, fil eisler, stu brooks, dave holmes, borham lee, john deley, coung vu, jim mc neeley, deep banana blackout,the harlem gospel choir. i've logged thousands of hours of studio time for at least a hundred different projects. i've worked with producers such as robbie adams (U2, Smashing Pumpkins) Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Pat Metheny), jamie seigal (lauryn hill, whittney houston) ryan shore (with whom i recorded the soundtrack to kevin smiths film vulgar). i've played in some influential local bands like the surf punk son montuno propeled cuban cowboys, electro psychorockers vic thrill, intelligent popsters goodbye girl friday(on three of their cds), latin funksters radio mundial(with whom i recorded their first cd) sothen(on their debut disk as well)and the bomb squad(also on their first recording), bigger than a bread box, lionfish, LP, mimulus, like yesterday, the dang-it bobbys, and cool hand. i've also worked in high end club date agencys like starlight orchestra among many others, i've played in off broadway productions such as Batboy the musical and View from 151st. while all of these situations were gratifying in their own way: i felt that i was in need of a change, and decided LA would be a great new playground for me.
since making the big move i've been fortunate enough to be in the movie stepbrothers stunt drumming for john c. reily and i've also done a bunch of spots on tv as well.
my live performances include: vertical horizon, connie stevens, justin guarini, warren cuccurullo, scott henderson, mitch forman, rufus philpot, nick mancini, otmaro ruiz, carlitos del puerto, ron eshete, fausto cuevas, gildo mahonis, john b williams, jill sobule, bruce fowler, michael lang, winston byrd, richie "gajate" garcia, brad rabuchin, pablo calogera, oskar cartaya and his band enclave, nestor torres, joey de leon, sean hurley, david ryan harris, rene camacho, prashant aswani, jerry watts, and many more including original rock band cast of kings who are consistantly kicking butt on the strip. in addition i've met and worked with stellar producers steve weisberg, and hal wilner. my new project debuted at the baked potato on july 3rd. its called babbo la banda. i'm very excited about it. i'd like to thank my comrade in arms fausto cuevas III who has been instrumental in getting me up and running since my arrival. whats next? we'll see.
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Check me out performing live with Lady L at The Mint of LA THIS SUNDAY MARCH 29th @ 10:30pm. A great night of RnB/Soul music with Liane and her amazing band. Hope to see you there!
6010 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, Ca 90035
HEY ANDY I AM GONNA BE AT THE WHISKT TONIGHT!! CHECKING OUT FRANK HANNON / GUITAR PLAYER FROM TESLA! I WILL BUY U A DRINK AND WE WILL TOAST TO SIN, METAL, TITS AND TIGHT ASSES!! HAHHAAAAAA!! HAVE A GREAT DAY BROTHER!!
THANKS ANDY!! U R A TRUE ARTIST! I LUV THE WAY U HIT THOSE DRUMS! NEVER EVER MISSING A BEAT EVEN WHEN OMAR POURS A BEER DOWN UR THROAT WHILE U R PLAYING!!! AND COK FUCKEN RULES!! WE WILL SEE YA REAL SOON !!!! METAL BROTHER'S FOR LIFE!!!! STEVE!
