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Bob Andressi

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About Me

I've been playing Drums since I was 9 yrs. old and playing semi-professionally for 24 years. Here are my Bands and Special Performances: Richard Marx(Rochester, NY concert), Donny Osmond(Rochester, NY concert), Brass Taxi, Atlas, Jesus Christ Superstar(Rochester Theater Production), Tommy(Rochester Club Production), Joe Brucato Band, Agent99, No Camouflage(Genesis Tribute), Pull, Joan Burton, Jesse Hamilton, Jon Paul Age & Section 8, FLCC Jazz Ensemble(Finger Lakes Comm. College), Classified Brass, KingMixer, PencilFish, The Value of X, The Dirt Dogs, Boys with Toys, Me and Mike, Three Penny Ride, Rat Salad(Black Sabbath Tribute), Red Letter Day, T.Blast & the Horn Dogs. Here are some "Opening" Performances I played: Queensryche @Darian Lake Ampitheatre, ELO, Peter Frampton, The Tubes, Paul Rogers & Mitch Ryder all @Rochester Festival Tent, Juliana Hatfield @Waterstreet Music Hall, Black Oak Arkansas @Great Valley, NY, Doug Flutie @Riverside Conven.Ctr. I've Recorded with: Craig Chaquico from Starship on Joan Burton's CD, Lou Gramm from Foreigner produced 2 tracks for Joan Burton. Joe Brucato, Jesse Hamilton, Joan Burton(2 CD's), Pull(2 CD's), The Value of X(1 CD), Dave Tinney(1 CD), Henri, Amanda Stone and some Jingles for Sea Breeze & Xerox. I'm looking forward to working with B.A.S.K.O. in the near future...he's the shit!!!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Other musicians who need Acoustic Drums for Live or Recording situations. I can record drums in my home studio. My Recording Gear Includes Nuendo 3 Software, Presonus Firepod Interface, Zoom SB-246 Streetboxx, Yamaha Subkick, Sennheiser E902, Shure Beta 57A, (4) Shure Beta 98's and (2) Audix F15's. My "Big Daddy" Drumkit is a 6-Piece Drum Workshop Collector's Series all Maple Kit in Ebony Satin. My "Hoopty" Drumkit is a 6-Piece Yamaha Al Foster Hip Gig 7-ply Birch/Mahogany Kit in Jaguar. My Custom-Made Snare Drums are Dunnett Classics..."Theo" is a 6.5" X 13" Titanium and "Mika" is a 5.5" X 13" Milkwood Monoply. My Cymbals are all Zildjian K and A Custom Series. My live monitoring equipment includes a Yamaha O1V Digital Mixer, Shure P6HW w/E5 Custom Mold Earbuds, a Buttkicker Concert mounted to my seat powered by a Buttkicker Amp and the Drum Mics I listed earlier...and now I'm Broke!

Music:

anything that "Grooves"

Movies:

Movies from the 60's and 70's

Television:

LOST and Metal Mania! on VH1 Classic

Heroes:

Steve Gadd, Carter Beauford

My Blog

UPCOMING SHOWS!!!!!

  Brass Taxi Dates: July 20084th  Penfield 4th  8-11   Fireworks at 10pm!!12th Sheraton Hotel Syracuse (private)26th Benefit for Cancer 9-12 Riverside Conv Center August 200...
Posted by Bob Andressi on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:38:00 PST