Crash This Car PEDESTAL "Human race" 2007
Rearrange PEDESTAL "Human race" 2007
Falling Down on Me PEDESTAL "Human race" 2007
Newborn PEDESTAL "Human race" 2007
Police State PEDESTAL "Human race" 2007
Biography
Born and raised in Japan...A Japanese female drummer / percussionist Chidori has always been a music lover
and a little singing bird since she was 2 feet tall. Her mom never told
her to shut up as she sang in the car the entire way to her piano lessons.
After giving up on piano thinking her fingers were too short and chunky
for it ... she joined the school band and picked up the trumpet and flute.
Later her friends introduced her to the world of rock music. She picked
up several intruments, even joined bands as a singer...but nothig else
brought such joy in her music life until one hot summer day she sat
behind her bandmate's drumkit.
She played in a few rock cover / original bands in Japan until she moved
to Virginia, U.S. in 2001.
Locally, she has been playing with bands/ musicians that have opened
up for Foreigner, Bryan Adams, the Dan Band, Israel Vibrations,
Polyphonic Spree, Violent Femmes, Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Maroon 5,
etc.
She has been an aspiring student of a great drummer Powell Randolph
and also studied hand percussions with respected Larry Emanuel.
She can be seen with JoAnna Lynne, The Office, tREmaiNE, Undercurrent, Mike Federali, and on the west coast
with her much loved alt-rock band PEDESTAL.
Influences
Among all the good music and musicians I love...
Powell Randolph
www.myspace.com/powellrandolph
Way too many great drummers to list...
Joni Mitchell, Julia Fordham, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Amos Lee, Steely Dan, 311, PEDESTAL, Hole, Fairground Attraction, The Black Crowes, Smashing Pumpkins, Sound Garden, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Primus, Off Spring, Incubus, Pearl Jam, Toto, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Bobby Caldwell, Anita Baker, GOTA, Vinnie Colaiuta, Frankie Valli & four seasons, Carol King, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Alana Davis, The Police, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder, Incognito, Green Day, Alkaline Trio, Rage against the machine, Third Eye Blind, Radiohead, Jimmy Eat World, System of a down, Phil Collins, Pantera, Goo Goo Dolls, The Carpernters, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shikao Suga, Masayoshi Yamazaki, John Coltrane, Pete Escovedo, Jamiroquai, Alanis Morisette, Sheryl Crow, Slightly Stupid, U2, Sublime, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Bette Midler, Alison Krauss, Everything But The Girl, Jamiroquai, L7, Fleetwood Mac, No Doubt, Babes in Toyland, Dahna Rowe, Jesse Chong, Larry Emanuel, KODO, The 5678's, The Go-Bang's etc.................
We had a great interview w/ 'Elliott Yamin' (RVA) of "American Idol' last month ... You can check out our entire interview at: www.richmondmusicforum.com
We had a great interview w/ 'Bruce Hornsby' at 'The National' (RVA) this month ... You can check out our entire interview at: www.richmondmusicforum.com
We just had a great interview w/ 'ZOSO' - Led Zeppelin Tribute Band at 'The National' (RVA) on 10/16/09 ... You can check out our entire audio interview at: www.richmondmusicforum.com
Hiii huney!! It's Jenn!! Just wanted to say, I was thinking about you the other day and wanted to say hi! Just booked a San Fran acoustic gig w/ John for the 20th. The booking guy went to the site and said, "I REALLY like your drummer!" :)
I'm proud to give you "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my FREE mixtape series dedicated to drums and percussion. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, and others!
(YOU HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE THE LINK on myspace for some reason)
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
