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Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig

Prediction?...Pain.-Clubber Lang

About Me

About Jeff Bowders:
Alrighty, the official MySpace "About me" top 10. Not necessarily the most important, not necessarily the least important...it's just the top 10.
1. Born and raised in Salem, OR
2. Started playing drums at age 11 after seeing Rikki Rockett of Poison on MTV.
3. I firmly believe if Rocky Balboa started a band it would be the best band in the whole world.
4. In 1997 I moved to Hollywood, CA to study at Musicians Institute where I now teach and warp young minds!
5. The first song of my first gig was a cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean", which I played mostly in 4/4.
6. I lived in Nashville for almost 4 years where I toured and/or recorded with Rebecca St. James, Ginny Owens, Chris Tomlin, Paul Coleman Trio, Fusebox, and Larue.
7. One of my favorite books: "Uprising" by Erwin McManus
8. Recently I've been playing drums for Paul Gilbert, Damir Simic, D'amato, TJ Helmerich, David Lee Roth, Michael Elsner, Greg Marra, Michaelangelo, and Joy Basu.
9. In 2003 Hal Leonard Publishing released my drum instructional Book/CD "Double Bass Drumming-The Mirrored Groove System" and in 2005 released my instructional DVD "Jeff Bowders-Double Bass Drumming Workshop"
10. I could live on granola!
*for more info check out www.jeffbowders.com
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About Thingamuhjig:
Thingamuhjig is the culmination of my appreciation for progessive music combined with stories of challenges and conquests. Stay tuned; the madness is about to begin!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/5/2006
Band Website: jeffbowders.com
Influences: Everyone has something to offer but, the drummers that have given me the most:

John Bonham, Deen Castronovo, Terry Bozzio, Tommy Aldridge, Matt Cameron, Virgil Donati, Mike Mangini, Danney Carey, Tommy Lee, Gregg Bissonette, Steve Smith, Simon Phillips, David Garibaldi, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Phil Collins, Rod Morgenstien, Chris Frazier, Dom Famularo, Scott Travis, Stanton Moore, Travis Barker, Rikki Rockett, Jojo Mayer, Rodney Holmes, Johnny Rabb, Brett Vargason, Oscar Seaton, Steve Brewster, Abe Laborial Jr, Chad Wackerman, Josh Freese, Vinnie Paul, Charlie Benante, Will Calhoun.
Sounds Like: Paul Gilbert "Scarified" G3 '07

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Double Bass Drumming Workshop DVD The Mirrored Groove System Book/CD
Record Label: WowBow Knee-Slappers
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

UK Satriani tour and other sweet morsels of goodness!

Well hootie-hydee-hoo! I'm eating flapjacks (not the pancake) in the UK...and slowly becoming addicted!So seeing that this UK tour is half way over I figured it would be a good time to post the dates!...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:46:00 PST

Silence Followed By a Deafening Roar...and other stuff.

Greetings Madcap Metalhead Maniacs!The new Paul Gilbert album "Silence Followed By a Deafening Roar" has been out in Japan since Jan. and (I think) will be out everywhere else in March. Regardless, I ...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

As 2007 is coming to a close I wanted to catch y'all up on some fun!Last month I recorded drums for Paul Gilbert's new instrumental record which will be out in early 2008. I'm absolutely stoked with t...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:04:00 PST

Telemundo...Here I come! S. America Tour!!!!

Just wanted to post the dates for South America with Paul Gilbert:July 4th Wednesday CARACAS, VenezuelaJuly 6th FridaySANTIAGO, Chile July 7th SaturdayBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaJuly 8th SundaySAO PAULO, ...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:09:00 PST

European Tour!!!!!!

Guten Tag! Wie geht's? Sorry, that's all the German I know for now. Hopefully after this Paul Gilbert European tour, I'll have some more for you. Possibly some French, Italian, or maybe some Dutch. Wh...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:14:00 PST

G3 madness has begun!

Alrighty, get ready for some notes!I'll be playing on the G3 '07 tour with Paul Gilbert. Come down and check out the insanity. I've wanted to do this tour since I saw the first one back in '96! ROOOOO...
Posted by Jeff Bowders - Thingamuhjig on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:53:00 PST