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Nhoj

Percussionist/drummer for The Squib Cakes and DGB... Freelance musician

About Me


The following videos were taken during The Ruckus' gig on June 23, 2007 for the Arts In The Park in Manhattan, KS at the Manhattan City Park. More videos of the Ruckus at Amy's Video Blog Site
When The Ska Bands Played
Brad Idea
The following video is a gig with Rylan and Friends, which composed of Rylan Ortiz on guitars, Ricardo Cordero on the piano, and Nhoj on drums. The gig was at Radina's Cafe in Manhattan, KS in April 2007. Guest performers are Nick Istas on bass and Adrian Angold on sax.
This video was taken during the 3rd CD launching of St. Isodore's Catholic Center's Choir. I am barely seen here, but what's important is the music, right?
The next videos were taken at Radina's Cafe in Manhattan, KS (03/09/07). It's an acoustic set with a project group formed by Rylan (guitars). With him is Ricardo on the piano, Sarah on vocals and fiddle, and yours truly on drums. Again, more videos of this group at Amy's Video Blog Site
Alison Krauss song (forgot the title. sorry)
Blue Bossa
This is a video I did with another group in Baguio City, Philippines. The group is called Reparo. The drummer wasn't available at the time, so I happily filled in the spot. We did this video as an advertisement for the studio. Obviously, we had lots of fun recording the single and shooting this film. The lyrics, by the way, are in our native language (Filipino).
The songs featured here is from a group that I co-founded called 6 Days To Friday. The songs were all composed by vocalist Emerald Ventura. The whole group helped in the arrangements. The music is in the soul/acid-jazz feel.
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My Interests

Music, drums, bass, home studio, recording, coffee, coke, dark chocolate, hi tech gadgets, astronomy, computers, programming, cars, cool houses, movies, cartoons, Italian, Japanese, and Filipino cuisine, food in general.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet anyone, musicians, future bandmates, and my heroes mentioned below starting from Neil Peart!

Music:

Rush, Tower of Power, Jing Chi, Karizma, John Scofield, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Frank McComb, The Roots, Steely Dan, Dyno 4, Allan Holdsworth, D'Sound, Incognito, The Brand New Heavies, Sade, Sting, Ray Obiedo, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dave Matthews Band, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Porcupine Tree, Save Ferris, Reel Big Fish, rad. (Rose Ann Dimalanta), Me'Shell Ndegeocello, RH Factor, Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Oz Noy, Wayne Krantz, Victor Wooten.

Movies:

(more like videos): Tower of Groove (David Garibaldi), Big Time (Billy Ward), Modern Drummer Festival Weekend (various), Rhythmic Visions/Rhythmic Horizons (Gavin Harrison), Rush R30, Sting: Soul Cages Live, Steely Dan: Two Against Nature Live, Serious Grooves & In the Pocket (John Scofield/Dennis Chambers), Earth Wind and Fire Live by Request

Television:

Conan O'Brien, Futurama, Family Guy, Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, JLA, The Batman, Shaolin Showdown, The Transformers, Voltes V, Lucy: Daughter of the Devil

Books:

Future Sounds/Funky Beat/Code of Funk by David Garibaldi, Inside Out (Exploring the Mental Aspects of Drumming) by Billy Ward, Rhythmic Perspectives by Gavin Harrison, Rick's Licks by Rick Gratton, Linear Time Playing: Funk & Fusion Grooves for the Modern Styles by Gary Chaffee, The Unreel Drum Book by Marc Atkins

Heroes:

My wife Amy, our parents, Kaloy Medina, Neil Peart, David Garibaldi, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Will Kennedy, ?uestlove, Mike Clark, Steve Gadd, Keith Carlock, Jojo Mayer, Gavin Harrison, Rick Gratton, Dom Famularo, Billy Ward, Benny Greb, Chad Wackerman, Gary Husband, Stanton Moore, Paul van Wageningen, Bernard Purdie, Steve Jordan, Eddie Bayers, Paul Leim, JD Blair, Matt Cameron, Gene Lake, Jim Copely, Geddy Lee, Rocco Prestia, Jimmy Johnson (the bassist), Anthony Jackson, Paul Jackson, Pino Palladino, Victor Wooten, Gary Willis, Michael Manring, Marc van Wageningen, Me'Shell Ndegeocello

My Blog

Squib Cakes Jam

It's such an honor and pleasure to play with Squib Cakes!The June 25 jam was great (Open mic at PJ's Pub in Manhattan, KS)! The horn section, Adrian and Gravy, were awesome. Daniel on drums was rockin...
Posted by Nhoj on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:44:00 PST

An Evening with Billy Ward

It was in June 24, 2006 in Kansas City, MO when Billy Ward held a clinic at Explorer's Percussion. It was a great day (despite the heavy rainfall). I got to shake his hand, finally, after 4 years and ...
Posted by Nhoj on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:28:00 PST

Credit Where Credit Is Due

Before I'll forget, I would like to extend my gratitude to Daniel Aguilar for "exposing" me to the music scene here. Without him, I would still be stuck at home doing nothing. Also, he "showed" me wha...
Posted by Nhoj on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:11:00 PST

Be HAPPY With What You Wish For

Wow, talk about being able to play again after 1 full year! On May 27, I had the priviledge and honor to play with a salsa group named "Escencia Latina". We played on a wedding gig in Junction City. W...
Posted by Nhoj on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:24:00 PST

Share-a-groove

Hello! Thanks for dropping by. I just thought of posting some of the grooves I came up with over the years. Many of them have been written in scrap papers, tissue papers, or anything I can use to wri...
Posted by Nhoj on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:40:00 PST

One Year Ago Today

Today marks my 1st year of my stay here in the United States. Time flew by so fast, despite me having nothing to do (no job, not enrolled).  But of course, I'm here to support my wife. She is fin...
Posted by Nhoj on Wed, 17 May 2006 03:35:00 PST