From his lightning fast chops to his soothing swing beats, all the way to his funky pocket, Cerod Butler is an upcoming drummer that is burning for knowledge even now!!!!Born in Jackson, MS, Cerod started playing drums at the age of 3 in the church. Under the leadership of Songtress Marquise Ezell and the great organist Marshall Butler, Cerod began to get into the drummer that he has become today. At the age of 6, Cerod played on his first big stage in Memphis, TN at the prestigious Church of God in Christ Convention backing up the National Youth Choir. From that moment on Cerod knew it was a calling on his life to be all he could be through music. At the age of 10, Cerod began to play for various artist in concert such as Beverly Crawford, Douglas Miller, Richard "Mr. Clean" White, and many other artist. But Cerod knew he had a long life ahead of himself. In the teen years, Cerod began to expand his style of play by studying such drummers as Tony Royster, Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, John Blackwell, Brain Frasier Moore, Rex Hardy Jr, Calvin Rodgers, Gerald Heyward, Mike Clemmons, Lil Jon Roberts, Kahari Pete, Mike Witherspoon, and the list goes on. By studying these drummers, Cerod began to form his on style of play. By the age of 15, Cerod began to recognize that his style of play had changed from just the basic style of Gospel playing. During his junior year of high school, Cerod applied to the Berklee College of Music where he was accepted with a full scholarship, but he couldn't attend because of unspoken circumstance. When Cerod entered The University of Southern Mississippi, where he attends now, he was discovered by Minister Patrick Preston, The Southern Region of The Gospel Music Workshop of America, Minister Scottie Tyrone, The Mt. Carmel Ministries, and many of the Southern Region's best Gospel music artists. Cerod has also during this time been able to work with Vernon Moore and the Urgency Project, Beverly Crawford, Benjamin Cone III and Worship, Kenneth Brandon, The Mt Zion Ora Project and The Scottie Tyrone Project. Cerod consideres himself priviledged to work with these prestigious artist and works everyday to rise to a better level of playing in Godplayin around
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