First Music Video With Last of a Dying Breed aka Crossing Midnight
Influences
Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Denis Cambers, Art Blakey, Steve Gadd, Dave Wekl, Eric McPheirson, Jackie McLean, Nat Reeves, Steve Davis, Jimmy Greene, Ed Balsamo, Brian Carrott, Cal Tjader, Terry Gibbs, Lional Hampton, David Kovins, Jimmy Cobb, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Bernard Purdie, Chad Smith, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Kenny Clark, John Blackwell, Jaco Pastorious, The Funk Brothers, Chris Adler, Vinny Paul, Mike Portnoy, Neil Pert, basicly funky, swingin’, or rockin’
I'm 22 years old and I'm drummer/percussionist and i've been playing for about 8 years now and vibes. for about 4. I also have hand drum skills (congas, bongos). I can play double bass and much much more. I've played in all my high school bands all through high school. During that time I was taking lessons with with well known vibaphonist/drummer David Kovins at his school of musical perfomance. I then went on to attend Five Towns college for 2 years. There I studied privately with Azonde Cummings, Brian Carrott, and Ed Balsamo. I was a performance major with an audio concentration. Along with various musical experiences playing in orchestrial pits of community theater, small and large jazz emsembles, and many rock bands (Dutch Gutz). I make beats and music using FL Studio 8. I also teach privately at the Long Island Drum and Piano school teaching drums and basic piano. I'm back from attending a year at the Hartt School of Music in the University of Hartford for Jazz studies. I'm finishing up my senior year at Five Towns College for music education. Im currently playing with a cover band called The Free Shots! which play gigs all over Long Island.
Live at S.O.B's
yo nig sorry ive been missing ur shows ive been super busy...call me and we'll chill one of these days...i wanna make some music wit u ive been playin my drums and i think ive gotten a little better...u bester call me mr.
lol im actually going down to brookyln for the night but ill be back up tmw and yes i still have a car lol the question is are you special enough for me to cum drive up and see you haha
hey man i wana go on a serious road trip sometime in the near future... when is next week you could take off? you'll need like 7-8 days off. Let me know.
