"Born January 18. 1963 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of a musician (bass player Vali Mayer), he spent his early childhood on the road traveling throughout Europe and the Far East. At the age of 2 he got his first drum set, and his first public performance took place in Hong Kong when he was only 3 years old. Growing up in the influence of a musical environment Jojo is basically self-taught (autodidact).
At the age of 18 he joined Monty Alexander's group and toured extensively all over Europe, playing all the major jazz -festivals including the North-Sea-Jazz Festival, Montreux, Nice, Antibes, Athens etc.This lead to back-up gigs with other jazz-greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone and introduced him to an international audience.
Jojo Mayer performed and / or recorded with a great variety of artists covering a wide range of musical styles such as The Screaming Headless Torsos, Meshell n'dege Occello, Vernon Reid's science project, DJ Spooky, Emergency Broadcast Network, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Harry Pepl, Gerald Veasley, Monty Alexander, Lunar Crush, John Zorn, James Blood Ulmer, Chico Freeman, George Adams, Jamaaladeen
Tacuma, John Medeski, Family of Percussion, Hiram Bullock, Leni Stern, Depart, Wolfgang Puschnigg, The intergalactic Maiden Ballet, Friedrich Gulda, Harry Sokal, Steve Coleman's 5 Elements, Passport, Wah Wah Watson, and many more.
Jojo has also built himself a reputation as a skilled and creative solo performer/ clinician. He appeared at most of the important Industrial Events and Drum Festivals like the Modern Drummer Festival (1998 and 2005), the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship NYC (95), the International Drummer-Meeting in Koblenz (89, 91, 95), PASIC (96), the Montreal Drum- Fest (96), the NAMM-Show`s"Drums along the Hilton"(96), int.Slagwerkkrant Dag (96), int. Budapest Dob-Gala (94, 95), Manny`s Drum-Mania NYC (98) and the "int.Musik Messe Frankfurt"(93, 97), to name a view, were he was featured amongst the greatest names in the drumming community today (Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Jack de Johnette, Terry Bozzio, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers etc).
Residing in New York City since 1991, Jojo engaged in numerous activities including Live and Studio work. His international touring schedule has taken him all over Europe, the US, South America, The Far East and Africa. Besides his work as a drummer, he also is involved in projects as a writer and producer.
More recently, Jojo has been venturing into New York's Techno / Multimedia / Avantgarde / club scene by promoting his own weekly party event called PROHIBITED BEATZ. This new platform for live "Drum n" Bass", "Nu-Skool Breaks", "Speed Garage" and the latest stylistical hybrids and mutations in DJ culture, has also provided the back drop for his first solo project called NERVE. Described as an "endeavor in reverse engineering the textures and rhythms of the current stream of computer generated music into a live performed, improvisational format", NERVE and PROHIBITED BEATZ have created a reputation in the New York scene that already goes way beyond "a serious buzz".
Recent performances and recordings have earned him rave reviews: Jojo Mayer "...destined for "Drum God" status !"(Modern Drummer magazine).
Jojo Mayer's company endorsements include: Sonor drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drumheads and Vic Firth drumsticks. Lately he has been involved as a product developer / designer for Sabian (Jojo Mayer Signature "Fierce Ride" & "Fierce Crash" Models), a consultant for Sonor's "Jungle Kit" and as a designer for Vic Firth drumsticks (Jojo Mayer Signature Model). He has also frequently appeared in advertisements, catalogues and publications for the above mentioned companies."
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thank you for an eternal source of education and inspiration from your drumming, you are my hero, the buddy rich of our time. all respects, your drumming deciple
enjoying the dvd, thanks again for the detail in strokes, it has really helped me understand where the starting point is. the little things make such a big difference. practice practice practice!
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hello, =] my names alex, i play the drums i have a video i made, and im trying to get comments and input on my playing style, technique etc as i am currently trying to get endorsed.
just check my video out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jm-hp-LgJ4&feature=related
and leave me love <3 and commnet the video on youtube =] thanks so much!
p.s. i know the quality of the video isnt great -_-
Happy Xma and thanks for your drumming style. I learn very much with you, same that other world drummers. Thx. You are the white man that has more groove in the planet. You seem niger!!!
Episode 3 is up, this episode features Floating Roach auditioning another guitarist, Playing a Zappa tune called 13 becuase i couldn't play along to the diamond loops and other glorious news and updates.
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stay tune for the next episode, the recording, the guitarist and the loops. amazing stuff.
Ciao JoJo best regards from Italy. How are u. Have u plan some clinic in italy ? The last one was so great. I hope to see u really soon also in concert.
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Episode #1 is up. And i will be putting more Floating Roach Footage up real soon.You Can watch it on Myspace Through my profile, myspace.com/matthewwoolhouse or on youtube
I SAW YOU YEARS AGO AT THE BIRMINGHAM NEC AND THERE WHERE A LOAD OF PEOPLE LINED UP OUTSIDE WHO OVER HEARD THAT YOU WERE A TECHNO, DRUM AND BASS DRUMMER AND THEY SNARLED AND SAID I'M NOT GOING TO SEE THIS GUY. THAT MUSIC IS RUBISH. THE ONE'S THAT WENT REGARDLESS CHANGED THERE MINDS WITHIN THE FIRST THIRTY SECONDS OF YOUR CLINIC. THAT WAS THE DAY YOU BECAME MY FAVORITE AND MOST INSPIRING DRUMMER OF ALL TIME. YOU BLEW THOSE NARROW MINDED PEOPLES MINDS WIDE OPEN.
Hallo JoJo - tausend Dank für deine DVD, sie ist mit Abstand die beste Lehr-DVD für Drummer 'i've ever seen!'. Sie hatt mir echt geholfen. Viele Grüße aus Dresden. Martin
