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JOHN WHITELEY

About Me

I started playing drums at 5 .Introduced to music by my dad at a very early age instead of tossing a ball or watching some sporting event on tv my dad gave me a stereo and a drum kit and all the records and tapes , cds , all the classics . This Spawned a life long love affair for all styles of music . I have played in bands and gigged all my life . I was involved in every school music program I could be in concert band ,Jazz band and marching band. I have Played rock to reggea to Broadway review shows with Deleware's " Best of Broadway" at the wilmington theater company and just about everything inbetween . In april of 2005 I flew out to LA california to record a demo to be shopped to record labels . This was produced and recorded by Mikal blue ( augustana ,one republic , colbie calliat and Jason Reeves ) Co - produced by Peter Destephano (jane's addiction spin off band .. porno for Pyros guitarist ) I have enjoyed working on many recording projects for various artists including Dave Patten recording two of his cds for clark records . I currently freelance playing with a few different bands. Music is my life .. not a day goes by that I dont have a pair of drumsticks in my hands . I have been teaching drums for the past 13 years to people of all ages and styles and levels. All the songs on my profile I am lucky to be playing drums with these fine artists . Please ask me for more info about each of them

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/09/2007
Band Members: FREELANCE ....
Influences: I listen to all styles depends on my mood . My Drum students past and present . People who I have jammed / gigged with . Jack whiteley my father and mom Judy .. younger brother Jeremy who is doing it out in cali My MYSPACE top friends is a list of people important in my life such as family ,friends and People /bands who I am lucky to play with .... Artists that I am listening to at the moment , drum companies that I believe in and love ... drummer freinds who are out there "doing it " and some famous drummers that I am digging at the moment . Maybe watching their dvd or vhs or listening to stuff they have played on or I read something about recently .
Sounds Like: Drum workshop .. vintage rogers and Camco a mess load of snares and a roland v drum kit plus Various cymbals and percussion playing grooves .... making people smile and dance ... music is love
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

fire and rain

So many things in the past few months for me have changed . I have been feeling lucky to have been given a second chance at life . On monday I lost a friend . Somone who I had grown up with and had go...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Modern Drummer Survey

IN every issue of Modern Drummer Magazine there is a little blurb about a player they call " Quick Beats " I thought I would take the time to do one ...1- Place of Birth - Upper Darby Pa. 2- Influence...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:35:00 GMT

Garbage in Garbage out ...

In High School I had this teacher , the subject was health . He was amazing he apparently listened and read alot of self help books and such .I always was into the teachers that had a bigger spectrum ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:13:00 GMT

I had a good day yesterday

I had a really great day of teaching yesterday  ... I have some really really great students . I think teaching has made me a better player and more interested in my developement as a player in t...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:50:00 GMT

ALL the right notes all the time ...

Man ... You tube is an amazing thing . no longer do you have to just listen to a musician do his or her thing you can actually catch a glimpse of them .I used to listen to albums like Steely Dan'...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:11:00 GMT

tommy shaw ....and the band STYX ..

I was on the way to Guitar center today .. I need to stay out of that place !!! I also need to go back to my roots MEDLEY MUSIC .that's a blog for another time ... The Manic "retail therapy " always p...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:22:00 GMT

The McCords

In life  people come into it and out sometimes they make an impression sometimes its a positive and sometimes a negitive . You hold on to memories or try to forget them . Last night I had the hon...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:52:00 GMT

DRUM WORKSHOP ARTIST QUESTIONS

I was at the Drum Workshop website recently and I saw that they have this section called "artist access " , they talk to a few drummers and ask them these cool 5 questions ... I thought I would answer...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 08:15:00 GMT

still no soda

still no soda for me YAY I have some self control .............................
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:00 GMT

soda

I gave up soda 2 weeks ago . Highly addictive for me .... I have lost 5 lbs ... pretty good so far . Man the head hurt from the withdrawl .  
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:01:00 GMT