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About Me

As a drummer, I've been a member of La Pena Cultural Center's Latin-jazz ensemble, under the direction of Josh Jones, since November 2003. I've also had the great privilege of sitting in on drums with Josh Jones' trio and sextet, and with Mascabeza. In the summer of 2008 I formed an instrumental Latin-jazz/salsa rehearsal band called Calle 49. Our first gig was August 2, a private party at Leland Tea Company in San Francisco. We're working on a number of tunes by various artists; check out Calle 49's MySpace page .


In the 1980s and '90s, I studied privately with Reed Vertelney, Chuck Silverman and David Garibaldi. Currently, I'm taking lessons from Josh Jones. Since 1991, I've played gigs in Southern and Northern California (and toured the Pacific Northwest) working with both original bands and cover bands playing a wide range of styles—rock, blues, funk, jazz, soul, R&B, Motown, reggae, etc. SF Bay Area bands that I've rehearsed and gigged with include Blind Lemon Phillips, Smitty and Danna Aliano. While in L.A., I played drums and percussion in numerous musical theater productions over a period of 10 years.

Going forward, I want to delve deeper into Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, straight-ahead jazz and funk—and anything else that is cool, soulful, enriching and fulfilling.


My Interests

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I'm interested in networking with San Francisco Bay Area musicians and keeping in touch with friends.

My Blog

Tower of Power article for Onstage magazines May 2002 issue

Soul SurvivorsBy Matt GallagherOnstage, May 1, 2002It's a rainy, chilly December night, and San Francisco's historic Fillmore auditorium is packed to the chandeliers. The headliner is Tower of Power, ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:33:00 GMT

Interview with Anton Fig for Electronic Musician's November 2002 issue

Figments Become RealityNov 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Matt GallagherFor 16 years, Anton Fig has held the drummer's chair in Paul Shaffer's world-class TV-studio bands  first at NBC and then at CBS where he...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT

I brought a clip: My spoken-word contribution to a track

For EM's February 2008 "Sound Design Workshop" column, my friend David Battino posted an audio clip of a tune he'd composed that incorporates a sample of my voice from a voicemail that I'd left him a...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 11:44:00 GMT