Dirk Brand born in Germany.
Studied (Percussion Institute of Technology) and played in the California area. He was taught by Ralph Humphrey (Zappa), Joe Porcaro (famous teacher), Takashi Numazawa (13 Cats), Casey Scheuerell (session great), Joey Heredia (latin great), Steve Houghton (session great) and many more! Published four Drum Books “1.000 Faces of Drum Styles†and “Future Drumming, Drum..n..Bass, House, Jungle†and “Chartreading for Drummers†and two separate Play Along CD..s “Jamtracks for Drummers†through the AMA Publishing Company. They got all international best reviews! His latest book “Pocket Rhythms for Drums†is recommended by Thomas Lang, Wolgang Haffner and Steve Smith!In Mai 2003 he introduces the DVD “A Band Concept†through the Company “Acoustic Music Recordsâ€. This DVD is how to play in a Band, demonstrated by guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, vocals and includes harmony and rhythm theory.As a sideman he has worked and works a lot for national and international artists like: Sax Legend Charlie Mariano, Deborah Watson, Touring with the Gregor Hilden Band (outstanding european blues guitar player), Stevie Woods, Rock Legends Geoff Downes and John Wetton (ASIA), Gloria Gaynor (soul legend), Tatsuya Nishiwaki (Japanese Keyboard Star), Deboarah Watson, Isabell Farell, Catherina Valente, Gitte Hennig, Angelika Milster (Cats), Al Copley (former piano player of the Blues Brothers), Touring with the Prog Rock Group Lee Z, Marty Friedmann (Megadeath), Torsten Skringer (Soullounge), Go Music All Stars, Martin Engelien (Klaus Lage),Touring with Jeff Richmann (guitar player along Weckl, Novak, Colaiuta, Shapiro), Dennis Hormes (Marc Terentzi), Thomas Blug (Fender Guitar Player of 2006 Touring with Johnny Rogers (international famous Blues Singer), Phillipe Caillat (French guitar player), Touring for the Goethe Instiute (Israel, France, Russian), Touring with Big Jay McNeely (honking sax legend from BB King) or playing different musicals like Evita, Linie 1, Hair, and many more.He is a Tutor of the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster and of the Modern Drum School. He played on different drum festivals like “Zildjian Rhythm Night†(along Sonny Emory, Andy Gangadeen), “Drums&Sounds 2000†(along Colaiuta, Weckl, Bisquera), “Superdrumming Festival Nonnweiler†(along Mike Shapiro, Marc Schulmann), “Brandenburg Trommelt†(along Michael Küttner, Hakim Ludin), or recently “Drums..n..Percussion Paderborn†(along Steve Smith, Marco Minnemann, Rene Cremers), “Tribute to Jeff Porcaro Germany†(along Bissonette, Gadd, Zoro), “Drums..n..Percussion Paderborn 2003†(along Chester Thompson, Adam Nussbaum), “Le Bag Show Paris†(along Christophe des Champs) or “Festival TamTam Montlucon†(along french session great Löic Pointhieux), Rhythm in Marktoberdorf (along Hakim Ludin, Johnny Rabb, Russ Miller), and many more!He is a product specialist for world renowned Roland V Drums and Groove Gear. He is doing clincs for Roland worldwide like Japan, China, Belgium, France, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, etc..He is proud to be now endorsing Sabian Cymbals. He was always looking for a Cymbal sound that matches his style of playing in a lot of different music genres. With Sabian, he finally founds Cymbals that inspire his creativity and that fit perfect in his daily musical work!!!The perfect drum company to go along with is Mapex. The Orion and Saturn Series blend perfect to the Sabian Cymbals and make it easy to find the right gear for different music performances.