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Bart Elliott

Drummer & Percussionist

About Me

B A R T E L L I O T T . C O M
I've been working as a professional musician (drummer / percussionist) for over 27 years now. Spent a large part of my career throughout the state of Texas; moved from Dallas to Nashville in 2001. Besides working as a studio drummer / percussionist and playing out live, I'm also an active music producer, composer, arranger, musical director, freelance writer, music educator, clinician and private drum / percussion instructor.
Throughout my career I've been fortunate to have worked with a lot of great musicians in a wide variety of music genres. A sample list includes Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Ernie Watts, Warren Sneed, Eddie Daniels (at Carnegie Hall), Clark Terry, LaDonna Gatlin, Tammy Cochran, Billy Falcon, Twila Paris, Carman, Kim Hill, Matthew Ward, Alex Acuna, Sheila E., Luis Conte, Vinnie Colaiuta, Paul Leim and others.
If you'd like to learn more about about me ... visit my website ... you'll find my complete bio, discography, equipment list and performance history, etc.
w w w . B a r t E l l i o t t . c o m

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/22/2006
Band Website: bartelliott.com
Band Members:

Besides recording sessions and playing live gigs, I spend the rest of my time with:

My drum forum, Drummer Cafe , now in its seventh year ... voted the No. 1 community drum and percussion forum for drummers and percussionists, novice to professional, around the world. Here you'll find a wealth of knowledge plus music news, reviews and interviews, as well as numerous articles and free drum/percussion lessons ... all by yours truly.

Drum Sage , teaching studio, offering private drum and percussion lessons / instruction (all styles & levels) in Nashville, as well as custom video correspondence lessons for those individuals who are unable to meet with me one on one.

My project studio in Nashville, BAE Productions , which specializes in ...

- Live drum & percussion tracks, loops and samples.
- Drum / percussion programming and sequencing.
- Original music for television, film, video, radio and multimedia.
- Custom advertising jingles for radio and television spots.
- Sound design and effects for radio, TV and Internet broadcast.

Influences: Drummers / Percussionists:
Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Alan Dawson, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine, Luis Conte, Airto, Glen Velez, Richie Gajate-Garcia, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Garibaldi, Jim Keltner, Kenny Aronoff, Steve Smith, Rod Morgenstein, Manu Katché and Carlos Vega ... just to name a few.

Artists:
Sting, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Chick Corea, Elvis Costello, Prince, The Beatles and many, many others.

Sounds Like: A mix of the traditional to the unconventional. Solid, tasty, unique and in the pocket.

Bart Elliott - Groove Demo

Record Label: I'm out of the box, so labels don't fit me.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

William F. Ludwig II - In Memoriam

I was very saddened to hear of the passing of William F. Ludwig II on March 22, 2008, so I spent the past several days creating a video that reflects on his life as well as giving tribute to all his c...
Posted by Bart Elliott on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:27:00 PST