.. I like to listen and play mainly pop, rock, funk and punk but enjoy playing and exploring jazz and latin. As long as theres Melody, Structure and Rhythm in the music i will play it.
All these bands have influenced me in some way or another and i consider them to be my main influences.
- - +44, 3 Doors Down, 30 Seconds To Mars, Alien Ant Farm, Angels and Airwaves, Audioslave, Blink 182, Breaking Benjamin, Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Everything Dire straits or Mark Knopfler has done, Don Henley, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Evanescense, Fall Out Boy, Five For Fighting, Foo Fighters, Greenday, G'N'R, Herbie Hancock. Incubus, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas, Muse, Some of MCR, Nickelback, Nirvana, Oasis, Offspring, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Prodigy, Queen, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Robbie Williams, Sting, Steely Dan, The Police, Sum 41, The Beatles, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Train, TOTO, U2, Yellowcard, Def Leppard, Huey Lewis and The News, Vital Information.
James Jeffery (Drummer) - Now has a solo page 的自我介紹
關於我: My name is James Jeffery and I am a Musician/Writer/Producer. I was born in England, and then moved to New Zealand with my family at the age of 11. I have spent the last year of my life at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. I am now back in New Zealand and working towards moving back to Los Angeles for good.
I am currently in the process of writing material for my solo album and recording it in my home studio. All songs on the album are written by me, feature me on every instrument and on vocals. All copyrights of these songs belong to me. There will be many more to come but they are still undergoing construction. For more on this go to http://myspace.com/james.jeffery
Drumset is my primary instrument and I have had lessons from: Glen Rodgers (Rudimental Snare Champion of New Zealand) Frank Gibson Jr (Dusty Springfield, Leo Sayer, many world known Jazz artists ie Sonny Stitt) Michael Franklin Browne (Pluto).
I have played drumset for the following bands: Harddrive (Pop) The Harlequin Academy (Pop Punk/Rock) Red Corner (Pop Punk/Rock) Bill Perry (Funk/Jazz/Latin) Grape (Rock/Funk/Reggae) thAtKiDcalhoun feat. BC (Hip Hop/Rap) Rapture City Philharmonic (Classical/Hip-Hop/Rap/Rock/R&B) - Won Award for Best band entry at UCLA's Spring Sing 2009
Have also played in a Jazz Musical
In 2009 i played drumset for Rapture City Philharmonic to 10000 people at Pauley Pavillion for UCLA's Spring Sing. We were judged by Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music), Bridget Marquardt (Playboy Mansion Girls), Janice Dickinson (America's Next Top Model), Aundrea Fimbres (Danity Kane), Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina The Teenage Witch), Dr Bill Dorfman (Extreme Makeover: Dentist). I was also the talent director for the band and the above celebrities awarded us Best Band of 2009.
Previous winners of the competition are Sarah Bareilles and Maroon 5. Previous judges are Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Tom Petty.
I use Digidesign Hardware and Pro Tools for my most recent recordings.
I was interviewed by Myspace and featured in the NZ Herald due to the pages popularity.
我想認識: Loads of different inspirational people. Drummers like (Not in any particular order): Jeff Porcaro, Simon Philips, Stanton Moore, Dom Famularo, Chad Smith, Travis Barker, Buddy Rich, Ian Paice, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, The Jo Joneses, Steve Gadd, Thomas Lang, Daniel Adair, Mike Cosgrove, Atom Willard, Tre Cool, Chad Szeliga, Pick Withers, Jose Pasillas, Rob Bourdon, Dominic Howard, Dave Grohl, Max Roach, Steve Smith, Jojo Mayer, Manu Katche, Roger Taylor, Matt Cameron, Stewart Copeland, John Bonham, Carter Beauford, Taylor Hawkins, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Louis Bellson, Danny Carey, Dave Weckl and so many more. It's impossible to list all of them.
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Hey, thanks for adding us! We know you probably get a million annoying comments from bands, but we promise that if you talk to us, we'll talk back. Check out some of the stuff on our page, if you want. We would really appreciate it. =)
WELL I JUST WANNA LET U KNOW THAT WERE SHARING THE JOY OF THE HOLIDAYS AT PULSE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE ARE HAVING A FREE GUESTLIST AND $10 ALL NIGHT LONG WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ LADY KATE!
Yo wat it is...??? wats new? i know a lot of ppl goin thru some ups and downs right now so I hope life is treating you well. Shit its a struggle for many to make ends meet in this economy these days but if its worth anything i hope you making yours... but yea keep in touch i dont get to reply everyone on here because myspace has a limit of how many comments you can send or messages so if you want to keep in touch with ya boi you can always hit me on aim or yahoo instant messenger... sinceretheprince on either one... well keep in touch Sin
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We're kicking off our west coast tour in LA at The Cat Club. Please come out and party with us and help spread the love!! I give thanks for YOU! xoxo - Astra
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New Split EP Presale Begins November 18th, 2009 Fourth Album Arrives January 2010 American Dollar MP3 Discography Special, Only $20 For All Four Albums! Go To: www.theamericandollar.info/merchstore.html Thanks For Listening!
Dear James: Happy Birthday!!! We'd love for you to come and celebrate your birthday with us - please check our Gig Calendar on MySpace and come out to our next gig. Come up to any of us and let us know it's your birthday - we will play you a song and buy you a drink!! If you'd like a gentle reminder about our local upcoming events, return to our MySpace page and send me a message, including your email address, and I'll make sure you get our local announcements! ROCK ON!! --Simple Groove
Hi James Jeffery (Drummer)! Eddie's CD, "Wanna Go Back" is available now on Amazon, and itunes! Eddie hand picked and performs new versions of 12 classic hits that were all songs that he loved playing as a kid when he was growing up!!! http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=213591620 Also, check out Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith's new band, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and their iTunes Top 10 Funk/Jazz debut release, "Meet the Meatbats"! http://www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats Thanks for supporting Eddie Money!
We just thought we'd send you a message to alert you about our video for our debut single Prism. We released the track from our upcoming album "To The Rest of The World" last month. It is now available via. It is now available via iTunes, Amazon and via SMS (in the UK).. All the details are on our profile page.
Please check out our video on our page or go direct to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzeouKucys . AND if you have a youtube account please comment the page ;)
Thanks for your continued support for our music and MySpace friendship!