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Tommydrums

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About Me

I played drums for W.A.R.? recording artists CYCOMOTOGOAT from 1992-96 (www.whatarerecords.com) & (itunes). Cycomotogoat produced 3 cd's and toured the USA extensively, sharing the stage with artists such as Blues Traveler, The Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, The Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, G. Love & Special Sauce and Sheryl Crow. We performed as part of the HORDE tour from 1993 through 1996. Since 1997, I've played both hand percussion and drumset with a variety of artists including JOHN POPPER (Blues Traveler), KARYN KUHL, ABBE RIVERS, GREG GARING, SANJAY KHANNA, ZEF NOI$E, THE DEMOLITION STRING BAND, MIKE ILL, ROB CLORES, CRUGIE RICCIO (Tinkerman), MANDO SAENZ, MAS RAPIDO, MARCUS THOMAS (www.bigparade.net) and actor/director TIM ROBBINS (Gob Robberts). Currently I'm playing with JEREMY WALLACE, LAS VANDELAYS, NIPSEY and bassist KURT RITTA. When I'm not playing, I teach percussion privately in the NYC area. I have a studio in Manhattan or I can come to you. I also teach in Hoboken, NJ at the Guitar Bar music shop, Mustard Seed School and the All Saints day school. Feel free to contact me if you're interested in DRUMSET or HAND PERCUSSION LESSONS. I'm also available for RECORDING, LIVE PERFORMANCES and TOURS. Contact me for rates. Please check out my website (www.tommydrums.com) & listen to some tunes. I strive each and everyday to have FUN creating music.

My Interests

DRUMS, DRUMS, DRUMS, family, friends, music, art, guitar, piano, composing, performing, improvising, teaching, films, reading, honest people, WNYC, being positive, Optimism, humor, FINDING EUPHORIA!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.tommydrums.com

I'd like to meet:

*******Anybody and everybody, I like meeting new people!*******Check out my website: http://www.tommydrums.com to hear some of my playing. You can also check out the myspace pages of the artists I've performed with (listed below). ********************************************************** Video shot by Kurt Ritta - www.kritta.com

Music:

I love music! I play it, I listen to it, I watch others perform it, I teach it, and I compose it

Movies:

DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, THE MUSIC LOVERS and BOB ROBBERTS.

Television:

The NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER IS THE BEST NEWS SHOW WE HAVE! 7pm EST on Ch. 13, and 11pm on 820 am (radio). The BBC is pretty good too, for news I mean, they cover more of the Eastern Hemisphere of this planet, and I like the accents. *******STAY INFORMED PEOPLE!*****I listen to a lot of WNYC (radio) 820 am or 93.9 fm, great features, local and world news, the whole deal! The Brian Lehrer Show and The Leonard Lopate Show, 4 of the best hours on radio 10am to 2pm or 1am to 5 am 820 am. They do too much to list here, check them out for yourself. www.wnyc.org. STAY INFORMED PEOPLE and PLEASE VOTE!!!

Books:

"Triple Exposure" by Dexter Jeffries

My Blog

See my new DRUM VIDEO!

Hi everyone, my friend Kurt Ritta shot this video of me playing a drum solo. I entered it in this drum solo competition on this cool website for drummers. Click on the link below, watch my video and c...
Posted by Tommydrums on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:14:00 PST