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Daydream Believer

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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Daydream Believer
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Genre: Experimental / Pop / Rock
Location New Jersey, New York, Un
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Last Login: 2/8/2013
Member Since 3/25/2008
Website www.felipetorres.net
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FELIPE TORRES Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocal Performance /Recording Artist/Clinician Felipe proudlyendorses DDRUM, Amedia Cymbals, Vic Firth, KICKPORT, Maxonix, and Evans Drumheads, Rhythm Tech, Beato Bags, and Drum Wallet. He has performed clinics, recorded, instructed, and/or played all the around the USA, Japan, and Canada, as well as appearing on The CBS Morning Show, TV Land, The Biography Channel, The Modern Drummer Festival 2008 and has had his articles published on the Evans and Vic Firth websites Felipe was born in Germany, spent his childhood in Colombia until age four, and the last 24 years in the NYC area. He started playing drums at 14 with a private teacher, and in high school played in every group he could—from marching band to chorus—and was voted Band President by senior year. It was that year that Felipe started taking lessons at New York City’s Drummers Collective with such notables as Sandy Gennaro, Mike Clark, Ian Froman, Guy Licata, Vince Cherico, and Gary Kelly. Through the years in the New York area, Felipe also studied privately with Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Robby Ameen, Matt Johnson, Kenny Aronoff, Carmine Appice, Billy Ward, and Joe Ascione. Felipe has been playing drums professionally for the last 15 years. He has done US and Canada tours with Dreamworks artists OURS, Road Runner Records blues artist Peter Karp, and the Roadshow and jump/jazz band Jumptime, Lizard King Records rock band Surefire, The Monkees, and Chubby Checker—for the last few years as drummer/back-up vocalist for the Davy Jones Band. He is also currently in the original progressive/fusion/rock trio In Musth, playing with New York’s own Jerry Cherry, Senator, New Jersey’s premier Horror/Rockabilly band Dead Elvi, and completing the first double album with double drum set menace, TSN. As a session drummer, Felipe prides himself on his instincts as to what the music needs, for any style or performer. It's never about "Him." That makes him a great musician, besides being extremely easy to work with as a person. Teaching for the last 15 years has also let Felipe to start performing clinics around the country as well as produce his own online video series, Flip of the Week. He specializes in teaching beginners on drumset and orchestral percussion, reading, rudiments, and various styles of music. For lessons and much more please check out Felipe’s YouTube channel and his myspace page. For sticks, I use Vic Firth 5A American Classic Sticks with wood tips, Heritage Brushes, Rutes, Swizzle Sticks, double sided 6" work out pad, leather stick bag, Maraca sticks, and cartwheel timpani mallets. I use Clear G1's on all the tom bottoms, Coated G2's on the batters, on the snare I use a Power Center Reverse dot batter and Hazy 300 snare bottom, Clear Emad and a customized Inked By Evans drumhead on the kick with an Evans EQ pillow againest the resonant head. For the drums, I use DDrum Reflex Series Drum: 20" x 22" Kick, 10" x 7" rack tom, 12" x 8", 14" x 14" and 16" x 16" floor toms, 5.5" x 14" Snare and a 6" x 14" Bamboo Dios snare drum. I use Pearl Single braced hardware, a single chain Power shifter for my kick and one for my pedal tambourine. For percussion, I use a mounted Rhythm Tech Nickel Tambourine for the pedal with a Regal Tip Beater and Pearl holder, a mounted Rhythm Tech Pro Brass Tambourine, a Rhythm Tech Live, Studio, and Cocktail Shakers, a dinner bell, and a wooden whistle. For cymbals, I endorse and use Amedia 14" Ahmet Legend Hi Hats, 15" Dervish Hi Hats, 16" Thrace Crash, 18" Classic Dark Crash, 16" Classic China, 10" Classic Splash, and a 20" Ahmet Legend, 20" D-Rock, or 20" Thrace Ride. I also use the KickPort on all of my touring and recording bass drums, Maxonix Zero-G Drumstick Holders, Beato Bags for hardware, and The Drum Wallet for all of my snare drums. Trivia: Felipe loves winter, night time, Fiji Water, and has 14 tattoos. You can hear/see Felipe on his You Tube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/ftdrum456 and Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/wwwfelipetorresnet. Band Links- Davy Jones Band Carmine Appice's SLAMM!! IN MUSTH Senator and the New Republic Dead Elvi Music Links- www.myspace.com/wwwfelipetorresnet Check me out on facebook www.youtube.com/ftdrum456
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Feli aiming to make the band sound good and the listener feel what we are saying. Here are some the place Felipe has played: In NYC: BB Kings, Bowery Ballroom, The Bitter End, Irving Plaza, The Elbow Room, CBGB's, The Knitting Factory, The Mercury Lounge, The Lion's Den, Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, The Turning Point, Cleopatra's Needle, Chicago Blues, etc. Others: Spaceland in L.A., MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Silverton, Cannery, and Silver Dollar Casinos in Las Vegas, American Theatre Disney's Epcot Florida, Hard Rock Cafe in Toronto, Sand Beaches Resort in Turks and Cacos and many more throughout the U.S. and Canada. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Feli with Davy Jones band Epcot 2010- Day Dream Believer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. In Musth - Rise of the Pedal Gnomes Promo Video 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Felipe and Carmine drum Solo from SLAMM!! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Chubby Checker on TV with Feli on the drums.