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The Peoples Drummer

music in the veins, rhythm in the heart

About Me

About me; i'm Polish, 29 years old. Live in Eindhoven(Holland). I'm working hard on becoming a fulltime musician since that's all i ever wanted. In the meantime i make a living as a customer service manager-assistant (blablabla) in a company called De Telefoongids which can be compared to the Dutch version of the Yellow Pages.I was born in Krakow, a town in the south of Poland. Lived there 'til i was 10. Then i moved to the Netherlands. I play the violin and the guitar but mainly drums. Used to play in Isle Of Man; a hardrock band from the city of Eindhoven: www.myspace.com/isleofman. Unfortunately, after 3 years we split up.
Also i have been playing drums for almost 4 years in the pop/rock formation Plenty Panther. We parted though due to differt opinions. Currently i am the drummer of a band called The Risque; we're working on new material and making plans for our first demo which should see the daylight by the end of march 2008.
Occasionly i write short instrumental stuff for friends or myself, for example lately i 've composed the soundtrack to my friends' movie which was his graduation assignment, and so on.
Basically i just enjoy writing and playing music and being able to express myself through this amazing form of art.
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My Interests

Music: writing, playing, rehearsing, performing, drumming, guitar, violin

I'd like to meet:

Everyone. I'm open minded.

Music:

Too much to name it all but if i have to name a few: Van Halen, The Beatles, The Skalds, Iron Maiden, Metallica (hail to Cliff), Artctic Monkeys, The Wombats, The Shins, The Strokes, Velvet Revolver, Guns'n Roses, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, The Kooks, Bloc Party, De La Soul, Cypress Hill, Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Arsonists, AK1200, Jeff Mills, Miles Davis, BB King, Faith No More, Bob Marley, The Prodigy, Amy Winehouse, Cloak/Dagger, Zodiak Commune and Sammy, The Risque, Isle Of Man, Voicst, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animosity ...to put it in other words: i do not limit myself to one particular style ;)

Movies:

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fight Club, Memento, Abre Los Ojos, Los Amores Perros, Lord Of The Rings, Requiem For A Dream

Television:

Seinfeld, Simpsons, De Lama's (Dutch version of 'Who's line is it anyway?')

Books:

Awareness by Anthony DeMello and the Dutch Psychologie magazine ;)

Heroes:

I prefer to call them my musical influences: my mom, Lars Ulrich, Ringo Starr, Alex van Halen, Sean Reinert, Gene Hoglan, Buddy Rich, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Paul Mazurkiewicz, Meff, Dave Weckl, Thomas Lang, Flo Mounier, Chris Pennie, Dave Lombardo, Chuck Schuldiner(rip), Dimebag Darrell(rip), J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolo Paganini