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Devon

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About Me

I'm a Drummer/Trumpeter/Vocalist. I study and practice Ayurvedic medicine. I'm into meditation yoga holistics herbology and natural cures. Attended the Eastman school of music in 2001 and since then have been playing, recording and writing music. I currently am the manager at Guitar Center Rochester in the Keyboards/Recording department, I teach private drum, and trumpet, lessons for the Hungness School Of Music and my own Studio Devon Tramell Music co., I have my trio The Devon Tramell Project, I am the drummer for jazz/funk group "Filthy Funk" , Drummer for Smooth jazz artist "Jimmie Highsmith," Trumpeter for The Top Forties band Twilight, trumpeter for John Krugers' New Energy Jazz Orchestra, as well as studio drummer and vocals for Filthy Funk Productions. Peace and Love ya'll! Take a look at our online press kit for booking!!
View John Viviani & Filthy Funk's EPK

My Interests

God,DRUMS, Music, Ayurvedic medicine, Cooking, Herbology, Photography, Art, Animal Rights, Nutrition, Meditation, Probiotics, Taking long walks, Pastries, Wine, Trumpet, movies, psychology, Bein soulful, Love, Respect, Vegetarianism, womens rights, Healthy Living, Magic, Break dancing, Brooklyn, Music business, Palmistry, learning.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who loves music and art, health, tofu, hummus, tattoos, Afros, culture, lookin fly, bein fly, tea, sushi, bringing your own chopsticks to the swankiest of sushi dives, and learning. Love to laugh and have fun. Honest people.

Music:

Edith pilaf, Paramore, Kurt elling, Amos Lee, Rachel Griffin, Joe Begale, Hed P, Portishead, Led Zeplin, Ani Defranco, Prince, Kneebody, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Soulive, Thought, Jersey band,?uestlove, Steely Dan, the Roots, James brown, Jay-Z, Naz,Mos Def, Parlaiment, John Mayer, The beatles, Phish, Tool, Wynton marsalis, Nicholas Payton, System of a down, Joshua redman, Mahavishnu orchestra, Miles Davis, Harry Conick Jr., Audioslave,Dave douglas, Jill Scott, the meters, Maceo Parker, Medeski Martin and Wood, Meshel Ndegeocello, Primus, Roy Hargrove, Soul coughing, Kenny garrett, Joss Stone, Jovanotti, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Slipnot, Tower of power, Yellowjackets, White Stripes,Q-tip, Weezer, Terrance Blanchard, The Roots, dave Mathews band, Oysterhead, Metallica, Manu Dibango, Lee Morgan, John legend, Alan evans,Van Hunt, Bilal, Eryka badu, Drums and Tuba, Deftones, and many many more...

Movies:

Once, Juno, Frieda, Saving Jane, Junebug, Oceans 11 and 12, I robot, momento, fight club, Snatch, Crash, Napolean Dynamite, Basquiat, Crouching tiger hidden Dragon, Anchorman, Zoolander, Austin Powers Goldmember, Hero

Television:

Top Chef, Iron chef, Good eats, Simpsons, Seinfeld, sifl and olly, King of the Hill, Friends, Family guy, bernie Mac, my wife and kids, Aurther

Books:

The Book of Ayurveda, Seat of the soul, Patient Heal Thyself, working wth Karma, Harry Potter, white noise, kitchen confidential, hit me Fred, Jazz in the bittersweet of life, the soul of a chef, 50 Natural cures "THEY" don't want you to know about, Simply Palmistry, 100 Marvels of the Modern World, Prakruti

Heroes:

My mother, Rosemary Eichenlaub, Sonam Targee, Prince, Harry Conick Jr., Don Cheadle

My Blog

Groove

People ask me where I get my groove or "pocket" from. It’s a funny question because in learning to play drums, one constant is that groove and natural feel can’t be taught.   To ...
Posted by Devon on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:13:00 PST

Update people Update!

Everything is going very well en mi vida right now. Playing oh so very often with  Filthy Funk. We are in the process of finishing 2 new tracks for you's guys to go crazy over in the very near fu...
Posted by Devon on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:35:00 PST

I’m on a new album.. check it out!!!

My Buddy D-Cal is coming out with his new album soon. I played drums on it. Check out the last 3 rough tracks on his page! Hope you like it!         &nb sp;...
Posted by Devon on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:59:00 PST

Why cant I just be Single and Happy???

Recently It seems as though EVERYONE (especially family) is asking why i’m still single, or why I haven’t decided to settle down and start pumping out blood suckers(kids). Well DAYUM! Can&...
Posted by Devon on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:12:00 PST

Sometimes

Sometimes I miss being little, with no cares or worriesI miss my grandmotherI miss my toys, G.I. Joes were funI miss Mr.RogersI miss her..."slice" fun timesI miss when songs talked about REAL love and...
Posted by Devon on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:50:00 PST

Blacks don’t read

This has some pretty harsh stereotypes and comments...but sadly there is a lot of truth to this that I have seen in my own family and witnessed with my own eyes. . Definitely not for ALL and not sayin...
Posted by Devon on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:43:00 PST

I’m gonna be on TV Too!!! Wooooooo!

Playin with Jimmie Highsmith Live on ESPN November 8th 2007!! Check it out!!!
Posted by Devon on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:16:00 PST

I’m gonna be in the Paper!!! Wooooo!

The Insider is about to do a photoshoot and article on Filthy funk! I'm excited! We've been getting a lot of press and good talk about us. We just recently opened for Canada's famous techno trio The N...
Posted by Devon on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:50:00 PST

Change

Each time it occurs you go through the motions...Your confused, then upset, then hurt...So many things have changed...It's hard to cope when you feel alone...It is easy to give up, get discouraged...t...
Posted by Devon on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:20:00 PST

I’ll never be this smart!!

Rubik's Cube Solved in 10.88 Seconds By PABLO GORONDI  9 hours ago BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)  A 16-year-old took the top prize at the Rubik's Cube world championship Sunday, solving the puzzle five...
Posted by Devon on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:33:00 PST