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Reuben James Alexander

About Me

I currently play drums for a variety of different artists...The above songs are few examples of some of the sessions I've done... If you need a drummer and like what you hear then send me a message... No gig too big, no call too small, no country too far away and the fee is always negotiable... Producers I've worked with and continue to work with include......ROB FEASTER (Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Big Country, Hank Williams Jnr, Marcia Ball, Peter Wolf, Morphine…)...... NICK LAUNAY (Silverchair, INXS, Gang of Four, Midnight Oil, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, The Church, Kate Bush, Living End Nick Cave at the Bad Seeds, American HiFi, Arcade Fire, Eskimo Joe…)...... WAYNE CONNOLLY (The Vines, Youth Group, Dallas Crane, Silverchair, Evan Dando, You am I, Underground Lovers…)...... GEORGE YOUNG (Easybeats, ACDC, Flash in the Pan, The Saints, Art Garfunkel, Rose Tattoo…)......TONY COHEN (Nick Cave, Birthday Party, Go Betweens, Cold Chisel, The Cruel Sea, The Saints, Hunters & Collectors, Kylie Minogue, Powder Finger, Frenzal Rhomb, Mick Harvey…)...... PAUL HOARE (ACDC, Raging Speedhorn, Breed 77…)...... DAVE DIX (Black, Alison Moyet, Eddie Reader, Hank Wangford, Queer as Folk...)...... ANDY BECK (The Charles Manson Experiment, Resident Producer at Damien Gerard Sound Studios, Sydney)...................Played in bands who've supported and toured with THE VERONICAS, SONIC YOUTH, NINE INCH NAILS, AEROSMITH, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, MATCHBOX TWENTY, KID ROCK, SHIHAD, 28 DAYS, ESKIMO JOE, TEAM SLEEP, INXS, DEF LEPPARD, THUNDER.. Even read the old charts behind legends like LITTLE PATTIE, FRANK IFIELD and NORMIE ROWE................ Also principal drummer for SONG DIVISION (www.songdivision.com) whose clients include Coca Cola Amatil, ING, Virgin Mobile and Commonwealth Bank in Australia and Lehman Brothers and Pricewaterhouse Coopers in the U.S, recording in Studios 301 (Sydney) Tiger Sound (Sydney) Sandcastle Sudios (Sydney) Trackdown Studios (Sydney) Flaspoint Studios (Sydney) Damien Gerade Studios (Sydney) Sing Sing (Melbourne) Metropolis (Melbourne) Skyline Studios (New York) State Theatre (Sydney)...The follow - Killing time
Must-Moving On... Clint Crighton at The Bluesfest...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/04/2008
Band Website: twitter.com/reubendrummer
Band Members: Me and my gear: DW, Pearl and Premier Kits... DW, Pearl, vintage Ludwig and vintage Slingerland snare drums... A selection of Zildjian and Sabian cymbals... Roland, Yamaha, Alesis Electronic kits, samplers etc... Plus various djembes and percussion... AND I know how to tune it all..! I also have flight cased accoustic and electronic rigs in London which can be handy...
Influences: Mitch Mitchell..Mike Shreeve..Stuart Copeland..Clive Deamer..Art Blakey..Sarah Moor..Jimmy Chamberlain..once more for Jimmy Chamberlain..Phil Rudd..Brad Wilk..Steve Gadd..Seb Alexander..Jonathan "Jax" George...Larry Bunker..Big John Thomassie..Earl Palmer..Brian Mantia..Shelly Manne..Levon Helm..Cyril Felix The Dalston Wanderer..Kirsten Riley.......Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki..Tom Waits..Pistols..Abba..Hendricks.. Ani DiFranco..Muddy Waters..Miles Davis... Charles Manson Experiment..Iggy..Oroonoko..Photec..LTJBukem..Serjio Leone..Vaughan Williams..The Two Big B's..The Boss..Knife Waltz...The Godfather of Soul(God rest his)..The King..And once more for The King..Django Rhinehart...The Blues Explosion..Th Vlvt Undrgrnd..BRMC..Dylan..Dylan again..And dylan once more...........Bad Brains..Leonard Cohen..Santana..Sonic Youth..The Strokes..Radiohead..Pantera..JJ Cale..Jan and Kahn.. Marley..Lions At Your Door..Portishaed..Blondie..Breeders...The Blush Foundation..Deerhoof..Tricky...Arcade Fire... Lightnin' Hopkins..Momo Benchseat Band..Box Freezer Romance....Nina Simone..Louis Armstrong..Miles Davis.. Massive Attack...The Knife Waltz.....and, of course, the mighty Queens Of The Stoneage...
Sounds Like: Honey...
Record Label: Not sure..!

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Must - Moving On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRKQrPhci4 Blast from the past...
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