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I am now living in Japan, and rehearsing for the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Disney show. I will be here in Canada until the end of April, then on to Tokyo. The show un named as of yet, will open on the grounds of Tokyo Disneyland at the begining of August 08. .. thanks, Craig :0)

Hi, my name is Darrell Craig Harris, I am a musician and composer based in Las Vegas, I also work frequently in Los Angeles and Helsinki Finland. I was for the past five years in Las Vegas as the bassist, and backup Taiko drum soloist with Cirque Du Soleil's "Mystere" at Treasure Island Casino. I am currently preparing to be the bassist for the newest Cirque production at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan.

I have been performing for many years, my first US/Canadian tour was at the young age of fifteen years old. I started on guitar and vocals, then drums/percussion, and finally bass guitar (4,5, and 6 string electric fretted and fret less bass, also electric and acoustic uprite/double bass). I attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood California (84-85), majoring in electric bass guitar. Along the way, I have met some of the worlds greatest musicians, and been fortunate enough to perform in many of the worlds greatest cities.

My most recent compositions have been for my two CD's "Endless" and "Happiness", these are both available on I Tunes music store and numerous other online music stores. I also just finished composing with my writing partner Martin StPierre (www.martinstpierre.com) the score for the upcoming independent film "Ablution". A sample of the music for the film can be heard on my music player above.

Drumming and percussion have been a long time passion of mine, starting when I joined high school marching band. In the same time period I became a member of the Velvet Knights drum and bugle corps from Anaheim California. I marched with VK from 80-83, and in my time with the corps, I played various instruments (bass dr., quads, snare) and instructed for a period of time. I have in recent years been doing extensive recording as a percussionist, and have been fortunate to be involved with my good friend Martin StPierre (www.MartinStpierre.com) on many great projects (films, live performance, and upcoming international releases) I have recently been focusing on World style drumming, using African, Latin and middle eastern instruments including Darbuka, Djembe, Congas/bongos among others. You can view my percussion page at: www.myspace.com/darrellcraigharris (copy and paste into your browser) or see in my top friends :)

Alsooooo, you can see me and my other "Mystere" cast mates in the upcoming Universal film "Knocked Up" coming out this June :0)

I have had a very fortunate and wild musical journey, and it's mostly been the best experience I could have ever hoped for.

Career Highlights include: 50th anniversary of the first ever rock concert in Cleveland's CSU arena, Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (Tommy James/The Turtels/Gary Puckett), Concorde Pavilion, Waikiki Shell (Honolulu), Yokohama sports arena (Japan) Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist Finland) Olympic Stadium Montreal Canada.

In my years of performing, I have toured around the world with many different kinds of artists including:

Billy Preston (Rolling Stones, The Beatles)

Albert Lee (British guitarist)

Joe Brown (British singer/guitarist/television personality)

Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (Lady Willpower, Young Girl) Bassist / road manager

Bonnie Bonapart- Spyro Gyra

Stage manager and bassist with-Frankie Avalon (Grease)

Bobby Rydell

Fabian

David Pomeranz (sonwriter/performer, wrote two of Barry Manilow's major hits)

BMG/EMI Scandinavia session musician

Sonny Turner (Platters lead vocalist)

The Champs (Tequila)

Cirque Du Soleil (Mystere)

The Young Americans (Hawaii tour, Boine Highlands summer theatre)

American Academy of The Dramatic Arts (rehearsal band)

Martha Reeves

Mary Wells

Helsinki Records (house musician, Sunami Relief concerts)

Numerous Chinese pop stars (on call musician in the United states for EMI Asia)

Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist representing Finland, bass tsunami concert Helsinki)

Little Richard

Phyllis Hyman (Dreamgirls-Broadway, Blues bar cast)

Lou Christie

Disneyworld (Flowerpower concert series)

Legends In Concert (Japan, Iceland, Mexico)

Sitmar Cruise lines (house orchestra)

Jackson Caine (Sony Records)

Billy Ray Charles (blues artist-Malaco records)

Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.)

Clarence Paul (co founder Jobet music-Motown, Stevie Wonder Conductor)

Rosanne (Talk show)

Manny Kellog (Billy Preston, Graham Central Station, Quincy Jones)

Entertainment Tonight

Wolfman Jack

Del Shannon

The Platters, The Drifters, The Coasters

The Golden Boys (Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell)

Little Anthony and The Imperials

Lenny Welch (Since I Fell For You)

PBS Television concert special (bass wih Frankie Avalon, Conductor/bass with Gary Puckett)

Tony Tillman (Bill Cosby opener, Helsinki 89-92)

Curly Muskgrave (Western music association top performer, bass on the award winning album "The Heritage")

Numerous Broadway Musicals (various venues)

Toured with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 1980-83 on various percussion instruments (Snare/quads/instructor)

Royal Carribbean Cruise lines (Frankie Avalon, Gary Puckett)

Mike Zerbe (Air Supply drummer)

Artist and shows as an A1 sound technician and or stage personel:

Rolling Stones

Garth Brooks

Metalica

Spice Girls

Leanne Rimes

Wide Spread Panic

BB King

Eddie Money

Cher

Celine Dion

Cindy Lauper

Neville Brothers

3rd Eye Blind

Billboard music awards Las Vegas

Pink

Quincy Jones

Pointer Sisters

Toto

Paul Anka

Tom Jones

Carrot Top

Wayne Newton

Elton John

David Foster

Santana

and many many others....

attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 1984-85

FILMS: The Kindred (Stephen King) Knocked Up (Universal Pictures) The Mystery of Mystere (New documentry film)

TELEVISION: PBS, Rosanne, Entertainment Tonite, Today Show, BBC, Finland channel 3.

ENDORSEMENTS: Lakland, Brubaker, G&L, Music Man, BSX, Agular, Seymour Duncan

TOCA PERCUSSION

LP (Latin Percussion)

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MGM Grand Las Vegas Arena Audio A1/MGM Convention Center audio A1

ProMix/A1 audio Las Vegas- Backling manager/audio A1/A2

PRG Prodution services/audio tech A1

MGM Productions Audio A1: Cher, KISS, Andre Augusi benefit, Neil Diamond, Dixie Chicks, Bee Gees, Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Tony Bennett, Carrot Top, Tom Jones, Chicago, Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Sting, Clint Black, Spice Girls, Garth Brooks, Metallica, Usher, Riverdance, Billboard Music Awards, MTV awards and many more.....

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I very much enjoy traveling for work and pleasure, in recent years I have been to:

Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Helsinki, Turku, Lapland- Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokahama, Carribean, Puerto Villarta, Cozumel, St. Martin, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Paradise Island Bahamas, Curacau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Key West, Alaska, Hawaii, and Montreal. I also enjoy writing music, and finding new and challenging projects to be involved with.

THANKS for visiting my music page :0)

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